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Matthews Matthews, LLC
Confidential Investigation
Town of Hingham
Incident 20-28394
October 21, 2020

Background Information

On September 2, 2020, Matthews Matthews, LLC was retained by Mr. Thomas Mayo,
Town Administrator, on behalf of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts. Mr. Mayo
asked Matthews Matthews to conduct an administrative investigation concerning an
incident that occurred on June 5, 2020 at approximately 1837 hours and was assigned
a (CAD) computer aided dispatch incident number 20?28394.

Mr. Mayo asked Matthews Matthews to review the actions of the police and town
officials relative to the handling of incident report 20-28394. He further asked
investigators to review whether any con?dential information or documents which were
non-public records were released by any police or town official without proper
authorization. Finally, he asked Matthews Matthews to review whether any action or
communication regarding this matter may warrant referral to another authority.

Matthews Matthews, LLC was provided documents, police logs and recorded
communications between Hingham Police officers and personnel from the South Shore
Regional Emergency Communications Center (SSRECC) concerning Hingham incident
20-28394 by the Town of Hingham. Investigators also conducted an investigation of
Hingham Police phone records that were provided by Mr. Steven Becker, Manager of
Information Systems for the Town of Hingham, MA.

Investigators learned that Hingham incident 20-28394 was an assigned incident number
generated by the SSRECC concerning a radio transmission that was made by Hingham
Police officer Christopher LoBianco on June 5, 2020 to Dispatcher Joseph Delvecchio,
who is an employee of the SSRECC. Officer LoBianco was assigned to the Hingham
Derby Street Shops on a special security detail. Officer LoBianco was in uniform and
patrolling the shops in cruiser number 913.

 

 

 

 

Investigators reviewed the recorded radio calls and transmissions that were provided by
the Town of Hingham. The following is a timeline of the recorded communications in this
investigation that was provided to Matthews Matthews:

June 5, 2020 @1837 hours Hingham Police Officer Christopher LoBianco made
a radio transmission to SSRECC Dispatcher Joseph Delvecchio

June 5, 2020 1838 hours Hingham Police Chief Glenn Olsson calls Extension
1483 at the SSRECC and speaks initially with Dispatcher Alison Graham and
then Dispatcher Joseph Delvecchio

June 5, 2020 @1840 hours Hingham Police Chief Olsson calls extension 2201
and Speaks with Hingham Police Lieutenant Sean Cavanaugh.

June 5, 2020 1842 hours Supervisor Jonathan Gordon of the SSRECC calls
Extension 2201 and speaks with Lieutenant Sean Cavanaugh

June 5, 2020@ 1843 hours Hingham Police Lieutenant Sean Cavanaugh calls
Of?cer Christopher LoBianco?s cell phone

The following is a transcript of the radio transmission that was made to Dispatcher
Delvecchio at the SSRECC by Of?cer LoBianco on June 5, 2020 1837 hours.

CHRISTOPHER LOBIANCO: 913 to control
JOSEPH DELVECCHIO: Control

CHRISTOPHER LOBIANCO: Can you just make a log entry, Derby Street
Shops, Mass reg. Suspicious activity. Registered to a Mary
Powers. Operators potentially -- - .Vehicle Is following me around,
with a ?Black Lives Matter? sign, seems to have joined up with another group of
people. Nothing showing at this time. Just make a log entry

 

JOSEPH DELVECCHIO: Received. You need a unit over there?

CHRISTOPHER LOBIANCO: Negative. No contact made with the operator. Just
log it.

Recorded Telephone conversation between Chief Glenn Olsson (retired) and
Dispatchers Alison Graham and Joseph Delvecchio on June 5, 2020 at 1838 hours

ALLISON GRAHAM: Public safety this line's recorded

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GLENN OLSSON: Hey. This is Chief Olsson how are you doing?
ALLISON GRAHAM: Good. How are you?

GLENN OLSSON: Who is dealing with that call? That called in about Mary
Power.

ALLISON GRAHAM: the what? I?m sorry.

GLENN OLSSON: One of our officersjust called in about Mary Powers
ALLISON GRAHAM: uh

GLENN OLSSON: at the Derby shops. Who is handling that call?
ALLISON GRAHAM: the dispatcher or?

GLENN OLSSON: the dispatcher. I need to know quick. Because that could be
the selectmen.

ALLISON GRAHAM: Joe Delvecchio.

GLENN OLSSON: OK can I speak to him?

ALLISON GRAHAM: yeah. Hold on.

JOSEPH DELVECCHIO: hey Chief.

GLENN OLSSON: hey. How are you doing? Can you give me the name on Mary
power, Their address and everything? That could be the selectmen he just called
In.

JOSEPH DELVECCHIO: Standby for me one second, Chief, I?m putting in the
info right now.

GLENN OLSSON: Yeah well may not want the info in there, if it is the selectmen.
JOSEPH DELVECCHIO: OK
GLENN OLSSON: I may not want a job.

JOSEPH DELVECCHIO: The OLN that he gave me was back to a-
Car 914:14 to control (background)

 

 

 

 

JOSEPH DELVECCHIO: . Can you grab him Allison?

 

ALLISON GRAHAM: yeah.

JOSEPH DELVECCHIO: out of?

GLENN OLSSON: yeah. That?s the selectman is it a black Volvo or something, a
black

JOSEPH DELVECCHIO: and the yeah

GLENN OLSSON: SUV

JOSEPH DELVECCHIO: the vehicle

GLENN OLSSON: Buffalo plates?

JOSEPH DELVECCHIO: 2005 Chevy Tahoe yeah to a

GLENN OLSSON: yeah. With a buffalo plate, right, Or something like that?
JOSEPH DELVECCHIO: No. He gave me a Mass. plate.

GLENN OLSSON: OK.

JOSEPH DELVECCHIO: And it?s a Mary Power.

GLENN OLSSON: can you not put that in there? I got a who is the cruiser?
JOSEPH DELVECCHIO: OK. It?s 13. And he?s not actually on my board.
GLENN OLSSON: OK.

JOSEPH DELVECCHIO: Oh it's Lobi Officer LoBianco.

GLENN OLSSON: Yeah. OK. It is probably Yeah

JOSEPH DELVECCHIO: So, do you want me because haven?t logged it in
yet but I?ve got all the information in the call. Do you want me to just delete
everything out of it?

GLENN OLSSON: just don?t do anything, till I get right back to you. Let 
And don?t want lfthere?s some 

 

 

 

 

JOSEPH DELVECCHIO: OK

GLENN OLSSON: but I want 

JOSEPH OK. Fair enough Chief.
GLENN OLSSON: Ok

Recorded telephone conversation between Hingham Police Chief Glenn Olsson and
Hingham Police Lieutenant Sean Cavanaugh at 1840 hours

SEAN CAVANAUGH: Hey, Chief.
GLENN OLSSON: Hey, did you who?s in 913

He isn?t on the board and he just called in the selectman Derby Shops it?s a
suspicious car following him with a Black Lives Matter sign.

SEAN CAVANAUGH: you sure it was her?

GLENN OLSSON: it comes back to her, uh, the address up there where she
lives.

SEAN CAVANAUGH: Okay.
GLENN OLSSON: Hingham address.

SEAN CAVANAUGH: So, I I -- I wasn?t sure whether or not it was just a
coincidence that was the name of the operator.

GLENN OLSSON no it was the black Blazer she was driving for years with the
buffalo plate on it.

SEAN CAVANAUGH: W--, uh, do you think she was
actually, tailing him?

GLENN OLSSON: Uh, apparently, she might have given it to But
like who knows. But I mean he shouldn?t be saying it?s suspicious and it has
Black Lives Matter signs in it.

SEAN CAVANAUGH: yeah

GLEN OLSSON: What?s he, fucking nuts?

 

 

 

 

SEAN CAVANAUGH: Yeah, Well, I mean if the, you know, I can understand if
they?re intentionally tailing him though. You know what I mean? Like, uh, you
know.

GLENN OLSSON: He doesn?t recognize the name Mary Power?

SEAN CAVANAUGH: It's -- honestly do you think he does?

GLENN OLSSON: He better. (laughs) You know. If he wants a job. (laughs)
(inaudible)

SEAN CAVANAUGH: I?ll give him a call though.

GLENN OLSSON: Have him call, yeah, because I don?t want this all logged in
that we?re putting her in as a suspicious car if this is 

SEAN CAVANAUGH: Yeah.

GLENN OLSSON: Ijust called the dispatch and it came back I ?gured where?s
she live_ up there or something.

SEAN CAVANAUGH: Yeah (inaudible).
GLENN OLSSON: Yeah, m, right?
SEAN CAVANAUGH: Uh, yeah, I think it (inaudible) on the corner there.

GLENN OLSSON yeah, that' (inaudible) came back to _that? where she 
. .. - .- .I told him don?t start putting everything in the log yet because 

 

SEAN CAVANAUGH: Right, right. I got you.

GLENN OLSSON Jesus.

SEAN CAVANAUGH All right (inaudible).

GLENN OLSSON:(inaudible) have him call me if you want.
SEAN CAVANAUGH: No, no I?ll call him

Recorded telephone conversation between SSRECC Administrative supervisor
Jonathan Gordon and Hingham Police Lieutenant Sean Cavanaugh 1842 hours

 

 

 

 

SEAN CAVANAUGH Hingham Police. This line is recorded.

JOHN GORDON: Yes, it is. What?s goin? on, dude?

SEAN CAVANAUGH: What?s up?

JOHN GORDON: So you have talked to 901 recently?

SEAN CAVANAUGH: Nine-one-one?

JOHN GORDON: Nine?zero-one.

SEAN CAVANAUGH: Nine-zer--one.

JON GORDON: Yeah, the five-star general there.

CAVANAUGH: Yes, i have. Uh, ljust got off the phone with him.

GORDON: Oh. Okay. Good. 80 we have a call on the system for that. We?re not
gonna do anything with it. ljust wanted you to know it was there. And I guess he
may want it deleted. Uh, so lju--l don?t know what?s goin? on. Hejust talked to
one of the dispatchers and told him the same thing he probably just told you or a

little less. 

CAVANAUGH: He certainly can tell you to do that. I am not telling you to do that
at all. 

GORDON: 
CAVANAUGH: It?s not my thing.

GORDON: So I just wanted you to be aware that the call is in the system and
that we?re not acting on it, so that you?re not like, ?How come we?re not dealing
with this??

SEAN CAVANAUGH: I gotcha, m?
JOHN GORDON: Yeah. Okay. All right.

Recorded telephone conversation between Hingham Police Lieutenant Sean
Cavanaugh and Hingham Police officer Christopher LoBianco at 1843 hours.

CHRISTOPHER LOBIANCO: Hello

 

 

 

 

SEAN CAVANAUGHC Lo!
CHRISTOPHER LOBIANCO: Hey, what?s going on, 

SEAN CAVANAUGH: What?s going on? Uh, I?m curious
with the incident ot_ following you. Was it- I take it?

CHRISTOPHER LOBIANCO: Yeah, I think it?s I think it's, uh, Power?s -. She
just everywhere I go he?d just come park next to me and hold up the big, uh,
Black Lives Matter sign with the fist and then he points at me and just keeps
waving (inaudible) and then he met up with some other vehicles so just just
logging it so you guys would be aware.

SEAN CAVANAUGH: Yeah, I mean, uh, I thought it was unusual myself, I
wanted to check in with you before I, uh, you know, uh, it?s it?s fine. Just leaving
it in the log. Uh, have no -- have no trouble with that. Uh, I mean, uh, the chief
called me and, you know, he was curious, uh, you know once he heard her
name obviously, you know, so but 

CHRISTOPHER LOBIANCO: Yeah.

SEAN CAVANAUGH: But the_ is intentionally following you around.
And, you know it is what it is.

CHRISTOPHER LOBIANCO: Yeah, I mean he he?s broken off at this. So
(inaudible) was trying to figure out who it was so I pulled out my have like a,
uh, like binoculars so -

SEAN CAVANAUGH: Yeah.

CHRISTOPHER LOBIANCO: I think it was-?and, uh, when he when
he saw me like looking at him with the binoculars, he like took off and went over
by, uh, he?s still over by Chipotle. So 

SEAN CAVANAUGH: Yeah (inaudible).

CHRISTOPHER LOBIANCO: But (inaudible) just keeping an out. Not an
issue as of yet. But I just wanted it logged so you guys were aware.

SEAN CAVANAUGH: Got it, no problem, man.
CHRISTOPHER LOBIANCO: All right.

SEAN CAVANAUGH: All right. No worries.

 

 

 

 

CHRISTOPHER LOBIANCO: See ya

In furtherance of this investigation Matthews Matthews, LLC conducted interviews of
the following individuals:

Of?cer Christopher LoBianco -Hingham Police Department

Lieutenant Sean Cavanaugh - Hingham Police Department

Acting Chief David Jones - Hingham Police Department

Chief Glenn Olsson (Retired) Hingham Police Department

Dispatcher Joseph Delvecchio South Shore Regional Emergency Communications
Center (SSRECC)

Administrative Supervisor Jonathan Gordon - South Shore Regional Emergency
Communications Center (SSRECC)

Executive Director Laurie Croke - South Shore Regional Emergency Communications
Center

Assistant Executive Director Aaron Smith - South Shore Regional Emergency

Communications Center
Selectmen Mary Power Selectmen Chair, Town of Hingham, Massachusetts

Massachusetts

Summary of Interviews
Officer Christopher LoBianco September 25, 2020

On September 25, 2020 at approximately 8:45 AM, investigators from Matthews 
Matthews, LLC interviewed Officer Christopher LoBianco of the Hingham Police
Department. The interview took place in the East hearing room at Hingham Town Hall in
Hingham, Massachusetts. The interview was recorded with the permission of Officer
LoBianco. Officer LoBianco was not accompanied by anyone.

Officer LoBianco has been a member of the Hingham Police Department for the past
three years. He is currently assigned to the patrol and traffic division and usually works

the midnight shift.

Of?cer LoBianco stated that he was working on June 5, 2020 on a special detail
assignment at the Derby Street shopping plaza from 4 PM to midnight. He said it was
supposed to be two officers assigned, however, they could only fill one of the positions.
Officer LoBianco stated that he was in his duty uniform and operating a marked
Hingham Police cruiser number 913. He said that he was alone in the cruiser.

 

 

 

 

Officer LoBianco explained that his assignment for this special detail at the Derby Street
Shops originated because ?the State Police in conjunction with the Braintree Police
Department had received some intelligence that they believed that there were a number
of shopping plazas that were due to be possibly vandalized in light of the riots that were
going on at the time." He further said ?the Apple Store in the area had boarded up its
windows and stuff like that and the shops made a collective agreement to hire two
police details for a number of nights until possibly the situation quieted down.? 3)

He said that during this assignment he used the call sign Cruiser 913 when he
communicated with the South Shore Regional Emergency Communications Center
(SSRECC) which is located on the top floor in the Hingham Police building.

Investigators played a recorded police communication between Cruiser 913 and the
SSRECC that occurred on June 5, 2020 at approximately 1837 hours. The call number
is 20?28394 which was generated by the SSRECC CAD system.

Of?cer LoBianco acknowledged this recording was his voice communicating from
Cruiser 913 and the other voice was the dispatcher taking his transmission. He was told
the dispatcher?s name was Joseph Delvecchio. He said he was familiar with his name
but he does not know him well.

Of?cer LoBianco explained the reason for his communication with the dispatch center.
He said that he was patrolling the Derby Street Shops parking lot as part of his
responsibilities for that evening. He said he made numerous circle patrols of the parking
lot area. He said that the area was "sparse?. 8)

He said he drove ?extremely slowly? down the side past Kohl's department store and
then turned around and stopped in front of the Barnes Noble bookstore and
positioned his cruiser facing out to the front entrance. He said it was then that noticed
there was another car driving tracing my path, kind that was following me
previously when was coming down that area and once I parked it had pulled up to the
side of my vehicle like 20 to 30 feet away roughly.? 8) He said that once he parked
his cruiser, the operator of a Chevrolet Tahoe whom Officer LoBianco described as a
white male, wearing a T-shirt and hat pulled into a parking space so that his windshield
would be facing the driver?s side of Officer LoBianco's cruiser. Officer LoBianco
estimated their distance to be ?20 to 30 feet? from each other. 8) He said ?the driver
of the vehicle just waved at him several times and pointed at me. just raised my hand
and waved back.? Officer LoBianco said that, "once he realized I acknowledged his
presence he took a large cardboard sign that had paper on the front of it, a print out, I?m
not sure if it was hand drawn or not but was a large sign that said the words Black Lives
Matter and at the end had a clenched fist the one that originated with like the communist

era.? 9)

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He said the operator of the vehicle then took the sign and pressed it against the
windshield flush and pointed at him several times. Officer LoBianco stated he then
retrieved a pair of binoculars in order to better see the vehicle registration and tried to
see the face of the operator. He said that he then was able to observe the assigned
license plate to the vehicle and he performed a check with CJIS on the data terminal in
his cruiser to determine the identity of the operator and owner of the vehicle.

He said that this check revealed that the vehicle is registered to Mary Power whom
Officer LoBianco identified as a town selectman. He said he only learned her identity
and that she was the owner of the vehicle from the picture and address and information
that was provided to him by the CJIS criminal justice information system when he
queried the registration from his cruiser?s mobile data terminal. He said it was apparent

that the operator, whom he described as a 10) was

not Mary Power. Officer LoBianco stated he next conducted a check with CJ IS to

determine_ that the vehicle was registered to in Hingham.
He then determined from the information that it was possibly 3? operating

the vehicle at that time. He said that the operator appeared to fit the description that
was provided by CJIS. He said that he did not have any contact with the operator of the

vehicle.

He said that ?once he realized I was looking at him with binoculars, he took the sign
down and drove down the path that he originally followed me in front of Kohl?s and
parked with a group of vehicles that was over at Chipotle in that area?. (p.11)

He said the entire time that they were looking at each other was definitely under five

minutes.

He said that he asked the dispatcherjust to note the activity for the log. He said a log
entry is something you do when the activity does not require a written report.

Of?cer LoBianco said that he did not stop the vehicle and had no verbal interaction with
the operator of the vehicle. He stated he had no other interaction with that vehicle or the
operator for the remainder of the assigned shift on June 5, 2020.

Of?cer LoBianco was asked if he had any other conversation with anyone regarding this
call. He said that he had recalled a communication with Lieutenant Cavanaugh,
the Of?cer in charge of the shift.

Officer LoBianco was then provided a copy of Hingham Police recorded telephone
conversation on June 5, 2020 at 6:43 PM.

Of?cer LoBianco stated he recalled the conversation and he believed that Hingham
Police Lieutenant Sean Cavanaugh called his (Officer LoBianco?s) personal cell phone.

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Officer LoBianco was asked what he believed was the purpose of the call from
Lieutenant Cavanaugh. He stated ?he just wanted clarification based on the tone of his
voice sounds like he was checking on me just to make sure i was 17)

Of?cer LoBianco later noted that because of the coronavirus many of the shops were
closed and it was pretty desolate down at the Derby Street Shops. He said because
there was not a lot of activity his attention was drawn clearly to this vehicle. Of?cer
LoBianco said there was no other activity that he recalled that he had to deal with that
evening. He said the majority of stores with the exception of the food stores, were
closed and the Apple Store remained boarded up with plywood and closed.

Of?ce LoBianco was asked if anyone else called him from Hingham or spoke with him
regarding this call on June 5, 2020. He stated 20)

Of?cer LoBianco was asked if Chief Olsson contacted him regarding this incident. He
stated, ?He did not.? He said he did not meet with anyone else concerning this incident.

(9- 21)

Of?cer LoBianco stated he never wrote any report or follow up concerning the incident
on June 5, 2020 at 1838 hours.

Of?cer LoBianco was asked if he provided any information outside of the department or
spoke with anyone outside the department concerning this call. He said 

Officer LoBianco stated he was familiar with the records that are generated for the log
from the SSRECC as well as the Hingham Police logs.

Of?cer LoBianco stated he did not look at the unredacted log entry from the SSRECC.
He said he had attempted to look for it prior to his interview with investigators; however,
he could not locate it in the system.

Of?ce LoBianco was then shown both the log entry generated from the SSRECC and
the other Hingham Police public log entry.

Of?cer LoBianco was asked upon reviewing the document from the SSRECC if any of
the information that he provided in the radio call was not in the narrative. He said ?yes it
does not list out that the vehicle had followed me over to my location. ltjust states that a
party is waving a sign which is inaccurate of what occurred.? 26) He further stated
they also did not indicate the content that was on the sign.

Of?cer LoBianco was asked if he had any information concerning the modi?cation of the
log document. He said ?no, I don?t know exactly what they would modify it would just
appear that that this narrative that is here does not appear to contain all the information
I gave them on the radio.? 27)

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Of?cer LoBianco was asked ifanyone from the general public has asked him for
information concerning this incident. He said 27)

Lieutenant Sean Cavanauqh September 25 2020

On September 25, 2020 at approximately 11:41 AM, investigators from Matthews 
Matthews, LLC conducted an interview of Lieutenant Sean Cavanaugh of the Hingham
Police Department. Mr. Cavanaugh was told the purpose of the interview was related to
an investigation of police incident number 2028394 and any involvement or knowledge
he had concerning this incident. The interview was recorded with the permission of
Lieutenant Cavanaugh and he was not accompanied by anyone.

Lieutenant Cavanaugh stated he has been a member of the Hingham Police
Department for eighteen years and has been a Lieutenant for the past six or seven
years. He stated he is currently in charge of the 4:00 PM to midnight shift. Lieutenant
Cavanaugh stated his duties include assigning officers to the shift, reporting any
relevant information the officers need, booking and watching prisoners, and various
other duties.

Lieutenant Cavanaugh stated to the best of his recollection he was working on June 5,
2020. Investigators played a recording on June 5, 2020 consisting of a radio
transmission by Officer LoBianco making a report to a dispatcher. Upon hearing the call,
Lieutenant Cavanaugh stated he recalled this report coming in and said he believes
Of?cer LoBianco was on a special assignment at the Derby Street Shops. 3)

Investigators played another recording on June 5, 2020 at 6:40 PM. Upon review,
Lieutenant Cavanaugh confirmed this was a telephone conversation between him and
Chief Olsson. Investigators also played a recording on June 5, 2020 at 6:42 PM. Upon
review Lieutenant Cavanaugh confirmed this was a telephone conversation between
him and John Gordon, who is a dispatch supervisor.

When asked, Lieutenant Cavanaugh stated the Chief made a reference at the end of his
call with him about deleting the call from Officer LoBianco. When asked, Lieutenant
Cavanaugh stated he did not know if you can delete a call. (p.14) Lieutenant
Cavanaugh stated he has permission to log into the system at the SSRECC, but he
does not think he has the ability to modify a call.

Investigators played another recording on June 5, 2020 at 6:43 PM. Upon review,
Lieutenant Cavanaugh con?rmed this was a call between him and Of?cer Chris
LoBianco. He stated he called Officer LoBianco because the Chief had requested him to
call and inquire about the incident. He stated, "someone?s following you around as a
police officer. You?re, as a police of?cer, you?re, you know, you?re trained to to look for
that sort of thing and someone?s, you know, aside from the fact that it's, you know,

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whether or not it?s a harassment type issue it?s a safety issue because someone?s
intentionally following you. So you have to be uh, you know, at least on your guard
that that this is going on? (p.19) Lieutenant Cavanaugh stated from what he recalls
Of?cer LoBianco ?was a special assignment because the Derby Street Shops were sort
of a potential hot spot for activity? so they had a couple of extra cruisers assigned to that
location. (p.19) Lieutenant Cavanaugh stated he believes Officer LoBianco wanted the
event documented in case something else happened later that was odd, and they could
look back at the incident. When asked, Lieutenant Cavanaugh stated there was no
doubt in his mind that Officer LoBianco was performing his duties as a police officer.

Lieutenant Cavanaugh stated after speaking with Officer LoBianco he physically went to
see the Chief at the Chiefs office. He stated after telling the Chief the gist of his
conversation with Officer LoBianco, the Chief seemed to be somewhat upset about it.
Lieutenant Cavanaugh stated he told the Chief he did not think the incident was a
?monstrous incident? 21) but it was noteworthy to Of?cer LoBianco, but not
something he wanted to take immediate action on. When asked, Lieutenant Cavanaugh
stated the Chief was clearly upset because the Selectwoman?s name is ?out there? and
Of?cer LoBianco should be aware of who she is and what she is driving and things of
that nature. When asked, Lieutenant Cavanaugh stated he did not go over to the
SSRECC after his meeting with the Chief and could not recall if he had another
conversation with Mr. Gordon concerning this incident. When asked if the Chief told him
he had gone to the SSRECC the night of this incident, Lieutenant Cavanaugh stated,
?absolutely not?. 23)

When asked, Lieutenant Cavanaugh stated the Chief never said he wanted to do
anything to the log entry of this incident. He stated he knew nothing about any official
log record being changed. 24)

Investigators showed Lieutenant Cavanaugh two log entries, one being the of?cial log
entry from the SSRECC and the other being what the town website published regarding
this incident. Lieutenant Cavanaugh stated the more detailed document is what you
see from the official police log. Upon review, Lieutenant Cavanaugh was directed to
look at the last three lines where it denotes the name of Delvecchio who is the
dispatcher and then it denotes narrative at 18:38, followed by an entry at 19:03 where it
was modified. When asked, Lieutenant Cavanaugh stated he does not know anything
about this document being modified. 27) He stated the only person outside the
department he spoke with about this incident was his wife. He stated he has not
provided any information on this call to the public. When asked, Lieutenant Cavanaugh
stated he has not provided any information from the of?cial log entry to the public
regarding this incident. 31)

When asked, Lieutenant Cavanaugh stated he believes he did not have any follow up
conversations concerning incident 20-28394 with the Chief after the original date of the

incident.

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Interim Police Chief David Jones - October 6, 2020

On October 6, 2020, at approximately 12:20 PM, investigators from Matthews 
Matthews, LLC conducted an interview of Hingham Interim Police Chief David Jones.
Chief Jones was interviewed at the Hingham Town Hall East Hearing room. The
interview was conducted in furtherance of the Town of Hingham investigation regarding
incident 20-28394 at the Derby Street Shopping Plaza in Hingham, MA. The interview of
Chief Jones was audio recorded with his permission and he was not accompanied by

anyone.

Chief Jones stated that he was hired by the Town of Hingham as a police officer in
2000. He was appointed as a Deputy Chief in 2015 and appointed as the Interim Chief
on August 4, 2020.

Chief Jones was asked if he is aware of a police radio call and a log entry on June 5,
2020 that are the subject of the investigation at hand. He stated he is familiar. He added
that he was not working the evening shift when the incident occurred but has since
reviewed the material. He said that he is aware that Officer Christopher LoBianco of the
Hingham Police Department made a radio transmission regarding a subject that was
observed in a motor vehicle at the Derby Street Shops with a Black Lives Matter sign.

Chief Jones was asked if he knows why Officer LoBianco was working in the area of the
Derby Street Shops on that evening. He stated that there had been concerns about
protestors and security in the area, so a paid detail shift was hired to provide added

security.

Chief Jones stated that he first became aware of the incident when he spoke with then
Chief of Police, Glenn Olsson over the telephone at approximately 7:00 or 8:00 PM on
June 5, 2020. Chief Jones said that Chief Olsson explained to him that he was
concerned about the radio transmission Officer LoBianco made and the use of the term
?Black Lives Matter and sort of framing it as suspicious.? 4) Chief Jones stated that
he and Chief Olsson discussed the fact that the person with the sign in the vehicle was
of Hingham Selectman, Mary Power. Chief Jones said that Chief Olsson was
also concerned about what information would be entered into the police logs. Chief
Jones said that he is unaware if Chief Olsson had spoken to anyone else about his
concerns that evening.

Chief Jones was asked if he is familiar with the CAD system, and specifically if he knew
whether or not Chief Olsson could enter a particular log entry and change the narrative.
Chief Jones said that he believed that Chief Olsson would have had the authority and
ability to do so, but is unaware if Chief Olsson would know how to do that.

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Chief Jones was asked if he had any conversations with anyone else on the evening of
June 5, 2020 following his conversation with Chief Olsson. He stated no. Chief Jones
was shown the log records concerning the June 5, 2020 call and the narrative that was
entered into the CAD system. He stated, ?80, uh, it?s basically saying that the narrative
was entered on, uh, June 5th, at, uh, 18:38, by Joseph Delvecchio, and then it was
modified on the same date, at 19:03, by that same party, Joseph Delvecchio." 8)
Chief Jones stated that he is familiar with Joseph Delvecchio and knows he is employed
as a dispatcher at the SSRECC. Chief Jones stated that he has not had any
conversations with anyone regarding this incident, except for the Town Administrator
and the Town Attorneys. He has not conducted any further investigation or analysis of
any records outside of retrieving certain documents at the Town?s request.

Chief Jones stated that he is familiar with the operational aspects of the CAD system
and understands that any changes made to a log entry after the original data is entered
would reflect a modi?cation record to that item in the system.

Chief Jones was asked who has access to enter into the incident log system to review
the data. He stated ?anybody in dispatch and anybody in the eight agencies that work
with SSRECC. 80 police and fire for Hingham, Hull, Cohasset, Norvvell uh, the staff can
go look at those entries.? 20) Chief Jones said this is a common practice for officers
to do prior to their shift to gather information about previous calls and activity in the
town.

Chief Jones said that the ability to actually modify a prior entry is controlled by access
authority. He said, ?To Modify it, uh, only, uh, the dispatcher, their supervisors. Uh, our
police supervisors have access to modify it, and above. So, uh, you know, sergeants
and above can modify a log entry, uh, on the police side. i don?t know about the fire
side.? 22) He added that instances where a police department member would modify
an entry would almost never happen. He said that if an of?cer noticed that information
had been left out of an entry, or that something was mis-spelled, they would ask a
dispatcher to correct the entry for them.

Chief Jones was asked about the ?public log? that is generated by the department for
public viewing. He stated that this log is created by the Records Division and it contains
only basic information on an incident. He said that prior to an entry being posted on the
public log, all personal information (addresses, dates of birth, etc.) is removed prior to
posting to the Department's website.

Matthews Matthews? investigators asked Chief Jones if he was aware that Selectman
Mary Power obtained a copy of the internal police report log regarding this matter. He
stated no. He was asked if a release of the internal log version (non-public) was
provided to someone outside the department, and if that would be a violation of
Department policy. Chief Jones stated. mean, the, uh, private, CAD side of the logrelease a full, un-redacted report in so?- uh, to people, if, uh -- if

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they?re an involved party, like a victim of a crime, etc. They can get an un?redacted
copy. Uh, the log entry, uh, you know, unless it has some other information on other

than the requesting party, I -- I don't see why it would be a violation.? 26)

Chief Jones was asked if someone could request an unredacted copy of the internal log
if their own name was part of an entry. He said that the Department would provide the
internal log, but most likely redact the names or personal information of other parties

involved.

Chief Jones was asked if? would be provided with the internal log regarding
this matter if he were to come to the Hingham Police Department and request to see it.
He said, ?if he?s an involved party, uh, he would be. There would also be -- we keep
records of anyone who requests public information. So, there?d be an entry made that
that person came in and requested, uh we?d either given it or denied that information.?

(9- 28)

Chief Jones was asked if he was aware if anyone came to the Department and
requested the logs regarding the June 5, 2020 incident. He said, ?Uh, I?m the records
access of?cer for the department, although I don?t approve every records request. I do
review the log. And have not seen or noticed anything that says that they came in to
request it. Uh, so not to my knowledge, no.? 29)

Chief Glenn Olsson (Retired) October 6, 2020

On October 6, 2020, investigators from Matthews Matthews, LLC conducted an
interview of Chief Glenn Olsson (Retired) of the Hingham, MA Police Department. The
interview occurred at the Hingham Town Hall in the East hearing room. The interview
was recorded with the permission of Chief Olsson. Chief Olsson was not accompanied
by anyone during this interview. The purpose of the interview was to determine what
information and involvement Chief Olsson had concerning Hingham Police incident
number 20-28394.

Chief Olsson has been a member of the Hingham Police Department for the past 40
years. He rose through the ranks and became Chief in 2015. He retired as the Chief of
the Department in the summer of 2020.

Investigators began by playing a copy of the recording of the radio transmission that
was provided by the town of Hingham that generated Hingham Police incident 20-28394
for Chief Olsson.

Chief Olsson stated he was working late in his office at the Hingham Police Department
on Friday, June 5, 2020 when he first heard this call live on his portable radio in his
of?ce. He said he originally only "caught the tail end of the call sort of wasn?t exactly
sure what was going on.? 5)

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The Chief?s office is located on the second floor of the Hingham Police Department
Building. He stated that the SSRECC is also located on the same floor as his office in
the Hingham Police building.

Chief Olsson said he did not know at the time who the officer was in Cruiser 913 and he
also did not know which dispatcher at the SSRECC was handling the call. He said he
did recognize some of the information. recognized the name as Mary Power and I
think they gave the address. Mary Power works with the Town of Hingham; she?s a
public figure. She?s one of the Selectmen.? 6)

Chief Olsson said that he has a working relationship with Selectman Power but he does
not socialize with her.

Chief Olsson stated that Mary Power is a two term Selectman, has served as the Chair
and that the Police Department reports to the Board of Selectmen.

Chief Olsson was asked what he did after he ?rst heard this information on the radio. He
said wanted to know a little bit more about the call because I really wasn?t sure and I
know on my computer 913 wasn?t listed as being one of the cruisers out.? 8) He
further stated, called over to dispatch to find out what was going on." 9)

Investigators then played a recorded telephone call between Chief Olsson and
SSRECC dispatcher Joseph Delvecchio at 18:38 hours on June 5, 2020.

Chief Olsson identi?ed the call and said ?We have a number like it?s- or- that
goes over to so I think I called either one of those to get that?s generally
supposed to be the supervisor.? 11)

Chief Olsson was asked what he meant when he said to Dispatcher Delvecchio, ?may
not want the info in there and not want a job.? Chief Olsson said think I said I might
not want a job.? 12)

Chief Olsson was asked what he meant when he told Dispatcher Delvecchio not to do
anything regarding deleting information. He said ?Well, I didn?t really want to get into
changing the log. And I didn?t really know why the officer had him stopped. And
obviously ifl had a log deleted, then the Officer would be left hanging and I wasn?t
gonna do that to the officer. 15)

He was then asked what he meant by leaving the officer hanging. He said, mean I
didn?t want to take if he had probable cause to stop the vehicle and I had the log
deleted, if someone came in and filed a complaint or something or something else came
of it, you wouldn?t be able to find it in the log. You know that?s why we try not to alter
logs." 15)

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The Chief was asked if a log could be deleted if it?s already created a CAD number. The
Chief stated don?t know how to do anything like that. No, I don?t think you can, I don?t,
it would show if you did to the best of my knowledge.? 16)

Chief Olsson stated that he learned that the Officer making the radio transmission was
Officer LoBianco but he did not know which Officer LoBianco it was. He said there are
two LoBiancos on the department and they are brothers. He said both of the brothers
are ?very proactive, and really helped out when we needed them, they stepped up to the
plate. They do the extra work you know and community policing stuff very good
officers.? 15)

Chief Olsson was asked now that he knew it was Officer LoBianco what was his main
concern. He said ?it was a detail at the Hingham Derby shops and they had 
because of what was happening in Boston during some of the protests, they
were concerned about damage up there. There were some reports of people 
people from possibly an Antifa like group or other groups, might be parking in the
remote area remote malls, so when they left Boston on their way home, they would
damage the area they were parked in sort of to bring their cause further out so it got
recognition. I believe the night before Braintree had a lot of issues for the people
parking in Braintree on the way home from Boston." 19)

Chief Olsson said he believes that the Derby Street Shops wanted officers around the
clock because of their concern. He said that the responsibility of the of?cers filling the
Derby Street Shops detail was to ?keep an on things, make sure that no vandalism
was occurring and also note that if people were parking there, and you know a van
pulled in ,10 cars pulled in, and 10 people jumped into the van with signs and stuff, we
would know that, that would be cars we would have to be on the lookout for later to
make sure that they didn?t come back and vandalize the Derby shops.? (pp. 19-20)

Chief Olsson said that he originally thought that Of?cer LoBianco had stopped a car
because he only heard some of the transmission.

Chief Olsson stated he next called Hingham Police Lieutenant Cavanaugh.

Investigators then played a recorded call between Chief Olsson and Lieutenant
Cavanaugh on June 5, 2020 at approximately 6:40 PM. Chief Olsson said that he called
downstairs from his desk to Lieutenant Cavanaugh in this call.

Chief Olsson was asked the purpose of his call to Lieutenant Cavanaugh. He said 
wanted to find out what was going on and I think you know we have supervisors and
you know to generally oversee some of these things so I just wanted to make sure that
the call was handled correctly and properly and I mentioned being familiar with the
Powers you I know who she is. I couldn?t imagine her doing something like that.

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And her family?s you know they were_ and stuff so

just seems sort of weird, wasn?t adding up to me I didn?t know what was going on.? 
28)

The Chief later said concerning Officer LoBianco that ?it didn?t make sense that he
wouldn?t have recognized the name of who it was.? 29)

He also stated that he was going to let Lieutenant Cavanagh handle speaking with
Of?cer LoBianco.

Chief Olsson said he also walked over to the SSRECC which is located across from his
office. He said he met with Dispatcher Delvecchio in his console in the SSRECC.

Chief Olsson was asked if he recalled the conversation he had with Dispatcher
Delvecchio and he said just asked said I explained what it was that I really
didn?t you know we talked a little bit and ljust said that I think he might have asked me
again or maybe it was on the phone about deleting it and I said no because it?s the
of?cer?s probable cause. 80, don?t delete it, my main concern was the issue of the
whole story with the Black Lives Matter sign because I didn?t want her thinking that we
were pursuing after people just because they had a Black Lives Matter sign that wasn?t
really the incident here.? (pp. 35-36)

Chief Olsson was then shown the of?cial log that was provided to investigators from the
Town of Hingham for incident 20 -28394.The document contains information concerning
Mary Power and It has their addresses and dates of birth and social
security numbers.

Chief Olsson identi?ed the log. He was asked if he had any of that personal information
taken out of the log. He replied 37)

Chief Olsson then was asked about the change that is noted in the narrative modified at
1903 by Dispatcher Delvecchio. He was asked if he had anything else taken out of the
log other than a Black Lives Matter sign. He said ?just the Black Lives Matter sign that
I?m aware of.? 38)

Chief Olsson believes he did not stay much later that night on June 5, 2020. He said he
might?ve said goodbye to Lieutenant Cavanaugh on the way out and he then recalled
that he thought that Lieutenant Cavanaugh asked the Chief if he was going to call Mary
Power. He stated said no there?s no need for me to because really you know 
and told 'em what he did because he

didn't do anything.? (p.40)

Chief Olsson was asked if anyone ever asked him to intervene on this matter that
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intervened and no one else intervened concerning this matter. He said, ?Absolutely not.
the officer was doing what he was supposed to do." 42)

Chief Olsson said he did not do anything further or hear anything more on this incident
at the Derby Street Shops until approximately a month and a half later, sometime later
in July of 2020.

He said the Police Department received a public records request from a citizen
requesting public records concerning phone calls, tapes or materials related to the
incident 20?28394 on June 5, 2020.

The Chief was asked what he did with this request for information. He said ?i think I
informed the Town Manager about it because that?s the procedure we use for freedom

of information.? 45)

Chief Olsson stated he met with the Town Manager and ?explained to him the 
you know what the case was and my role in it so that he was aware of what was
transitioning.? 46)

Chief Olsson said he also at some point (later in July) had a meeting with Selectman
Mary Power concerning this incident. He said he believes she reached out to him and
left a message and he called her back. He believes that she had also been notified of
the FOIAs concerning this incident and had questions about it.

Chief Olsson said that he prepared some notes prior to meeting with Selectman Power
because he wanted to recall it and also believed at some point, he was going to have to
write a report about the incident and his involvement. (His notes are included in this

report).

Investigators reviewed Chief Olsson?s hand written notes which he prepared sometime
in late July, 2020. He was asked about the note in paragraph 3, which states a motor
vehicle stop had happened. "There was a lot of radio talk which drew my attention. I
recall thinking that it was not his mission. I was concerned of him performing traffic
stops, not watch for parker/ protestors that would be arriving at this time. I also heard it
was Mary Power's. and I am aware that?never been in trouble. They did not
fit the profile of who we were looking for. The notes also state I contacted shift
supervisor Cavanaugh. I may have tried to reach Officer LoBianco or another of?cer on

duty."

Chief Olsson was asked in reference to his notes if he ever spoke with Officer LoBianco
about this incident. He stated, never spoke to LoBianco because I didn?t have his
phone number.? 52)

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Chief Olsson stated that he gave Mary Power the notes he had written which he had
prepared for himself.

Chief Olsson was asked ?if at any time Mary Power asked him to change this or make it
go away, get rid of this log. I don?t want this.? He said, "oh no, no.? 54)

He said that a request to change it or make the incident go away never came up in the
meeting with Mary Power. He explained to her what occurred and why someone might
be looking for a public records request on this incident. He said in his opinion it was
apparent that- hadn?t even mentioned the incident to her.

Chief Olsson said he never provided anyone else besides Town Manager Tom Mayo or
Selectman Mary Power any information regarding incident 20-28394.

Chief Olsson said that he never provided any information to anyone in the public
regarding this incident.

Chief Olsson was asked if he recalled if he went to the Dispatch Supervisor Gordon
concerning doing anything about this call. He said 58) He said he never asked
Dispatcher Delvecchio to go to his supervisor about this incident either.

Chief Olsson was asked if he felt that requesting the dispatcher to remove the notation
about the Black Lives Matter sign was appropriate. He stated "yes I do it really had
nothing to do with what was going on. And I think that you know displaying the sign
would just know allow someone to latch onto something, to create an issue
about you know. I think the officer had probable cause to make a note of what
happened here. He was doing what we asked him to do. Whether the person had the
sign or not really didn't matter. Because you know we were looking for people that
were going to be parking. Displaying the sign probably gave him credence to believe
that this is what he was looking for. But I don't think it was really crucial to have in the
log. And I thought it would just act as an antagative, you know would just allow false
reason for why it was stopped, unless you went into some long history of the whole

thing.? 61)
Joseph Delvecchio September 25, 2020

On September 25, 2020 at approximately 10:55 AM, investigators from Matthews 
Matthews, LLC conducted an interview of Mr. Joseph Delvecchio. The interview took
place in the East hearing room in the Town of Hingham Town Hall. The interview was
recorded with the permission of Dispatcher Delvecchio. Dispatcher Delvecchio was not
accompanied by anyone for the interview.

Dispatcher Delvecchio has been employed by the South Shore Regional Emergency
Communications Center (SSRECC) for the past three years. The SSRECC is located

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on the second floor of the Hingham Police building. Dispatcher Delvecchio said his
current supervisor is Chip Gordon.

Dispatcher Delvecchio explained that as part of his duties as dispatcher he answers
radio calls and other calls for police departments including the Hingham Police
Department.

Investigators played for Dispatcher Delvecchio a recorded radio transmission that was
received from the Town of Hingham. The radio transmission was generated from
Hingham cruiser 913 to the SSRECC on June 5, 2020 at approximately 1837 hours.

Dispatcher Delvecchio identi?ed the officer in Cruiser 913 as Officer LoBianco of the
Hingham Police Department. Dispatcher Delvecchio did not know at the time what
Officer LoBianco's assignment was but that he later learned he was on a special detail
at the Derby Street Shops. He also said at the time he was not sure which LoBianco he
was dealing with because there are two brothers currently on the Hingham Police
Department.

Dispatcher Delvecchio stated that when officers make radio calls to the SSRECC, that
Dispatcher Delvecchio as a Dispatcher usually then generates a new call on the CAD
computer system. He stated he does this by hitting the F11 buttons on the computer.

Dispatcher Delvecchio said that on this call #20-28394 he entered the call as suspicious
activity as he was directed to do by Officer LoBianco. Dispatcher Delvecchio stated that
he enters the information that he is receiving from the officer into the computer as he is
getting it. He further stated ?at this point i had hand written the Sierra (S) number that he
had given me and the plate number that he had given me. And was going to enter
those in to get a listing for him." 6)

He said that he usually writes things down on paper first because he does not want to
miss any of the information that?s given. He said then "I?m just going to say I received it
then l?m going to F11. I?m going to put the information in that I need to put in.? 8)

Dispatcher Delvecchio was asked if he had the handwritten notes from that incident on
June 5, 2020. He said he did not have them anymore.

Dispatcher Delvecchio was asked his understanding of the radio call from Officer
LoBianco. He said that he asked Officer LoBianco if he needed another unit over there
and Officer LoBianco responded, ?Negative no contact made with the operatorjust log
it.? Dispatcher Delvecchio said, ?He said he did not have contact which ljust again I
believe like the day before or the days before there were several incidences in that area
so that?s why I wanted to reiterate do you want another cruiser over there.? 10)

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Dispatcher Delvecchio was asked what he would normally do after receiving the radio
information from Officer LoBianco. He said, so We taken down the plate number
I?ve taken down the Sierra number that he gave me, I found out that he doesn?t need
another cruiser, I?ve opened up the call I put in the suspicious activity I've written that
913 has reported that he?s off in this area. This is what?s going on and then I?m going to
enter the call then I'm going to go in and enter the plate and the Sierra number. Get the
information attached to the call and then close it out.? 12)

Dispatcher Delvecchio was asked if he recalled what happened next concerning this
incident. He said, ?So as I am putting in the information, I believe l?m still putting in the
information is when Chief Olsson called he called I believe just the main number."

(p.13)

Dispatcher Delvecchio was then played a recording of a telephone call with him from
Chief Glenn Olsson on June 5, 1838 hours to the SSRECC. Dispatcher Delvecchio
stated that in the call he was reading information off the computer screen and
simultaneously providing it to Chief Olsson.

Dispatcher Delvecchio stated to Chief Olsson ?i haven?t logged it in yet but I got all the
information on the call. Do you want me to just delete everything out of it? Chief Olsson
responded by saying just don?t do anything till I get right back to you let me I don?t want
to (inaudible) legitimate 18)

Dispatcher Delvecchio was asked what he meant in that part of the conversation about
deleting information. He said, ?This point so it?s two different screens when you?re
getting the information it?s on one screen so I?ve got all the (personal) information on the
screen, the call is on the screen so it takes one click to put the information from the
screen onto the screen which attaches it to the call.? 19)

He further said haven?t attached anything and the way he?s talking assume I?m
saying, guess you don?t want this attached for some reason?.? 19)

Dispatcher Delvecchio was asked if the call number was already on the screen and in.
He said ?the call number is in and it?s probably just got this attached (the narrative)
because it would be all this stuff that hadn't been attached, the vehicle information,
operator information, you know the VIN, the make, the model, the address.? 20)

Dispatcher Delvecchio was asked what he believes happened next. He said, ?Before we
close it the call has been generated, it's now in the stack, with something like this it
would, you know, where an officer is just trying to make something logged, we would
havejust logged it, got the information. Back?lled everything and then just closed it.? 
22)

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Dispatcher Delvecchio said that he does not believe he closed the call. He said ?I?m
certain that there was a conversation because again I did not know who this Powers
person was, you know, not being from this town. I didn?t know who any of these people
were, my supervisor was a Hingham person, a Hingham resident who may have known
you know what the chief was even talking about. I was very confused as to why there
was sort of any issue.? 25)

Dispatcher Delvecchio stated he remembers at some point Chief Olsson coming into
the SSRECC and speaking with him and his supervisor.

He was asked what he recalled the conversation was about between him, the Chief,
and his supervisor. He stated, ?He wanted to know what the logs The log said
?913 reports he was being followed by a party with a Black Lives Matter sign? and may
even have said being harassed by a party with a Black Lives Matter sign.? 26)

Dispatcher Delvecchio was asked if those were his words (harassed in the narrative).
He said ?that was my words but I verbatim can?t give you exactly what it said was but it
was something to the effect of 913 is being bothered by somebody with a Black Lives
Matter sign.? He further stated "the Chief looked at the narrative and said that he did not
want Black Lives Matter as part of the narrative. That was all I remember him saying to
me that?s the only thing.? 26)

Dispatcher Delvecchio was asked about the word harassed and whether he put that
word in the original narrative. He said, ?i believe I might have but I can?t be certain.? 
27)

Dispatcher Delvecchio then said at the Chief?s request he changed the sign to the
narrative to say "913 reports he was being followed by a party waving a sign.? 27)

He said he then told the Chief this is what the log now says and he said that the Chief
said ?that?s fine?. 27)

Dispatcher Delvecchio said that he believes their interaction with the Chief was
approximately 5 to 10 minutes long. He was asked if he ever told the Chief he was not
going to do that and he said "no did I say I wasn?t it had been something that 
thought was going to be like absolutely terrible I would?ve said ?you know my supervisor
will do that? but to me in that moment I didn?t see an issue with it.? 28)

Dispatcher Delvecchio said his supervisor was there with him during this conversation
with the Chief but he could not remember what the supervisor said.

Dispatcher Delvecchio was asked if Chief Olsson told him to take out any other

information. He said, "No, not to my recollection because if he did it wouldn?t have been
in there.? 28)

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Dispatcher Delvecchio stated, ?100% I can tell you the Black Lives Matter was in the
narrative.? 29) Dispatcher Delvecchio said that he took that out.

Dispatcher Delvecchio was asked if he did the modification at 1903 hours as it indicates
on the log document. He said, "It must have been. I'm just going by what the log says it
was." 29) Dispatcher Delvecchio said he did not modify the call more than once.

Dispatcher Delvecchio was shown the log with the changes in the narrative at 1903 and
he said that?s when he believes he made the change to the narrative.

Dispatcher Delvecchio said he did not hear anything else about this incident that night.
He said he also did not have any further conversations with anyone else about this

incident.

He was asked if his supervisor, Gordon, had any problem with the way things were
rectified and he said ?Not that I know of no, he didn?t say anything to me." 31)

Dispatcher Delvecchio was asked if he felt any pressure by anyone to make these
changes. He said ?None whatsoever.? 31)

Dispatcher Delvecchio stated he has not spoken to anyone in the public or provided any
information to the public concerning this incident 20-28394.

Jonathan Gordon, Administrative Supervisor September 30. 2020

On September 30, 2020 at approximately 1:55 PM, investigators from Matthews 
Matthews, LLC conducted an interview of Mr. Jonathan Gordon, Administrative
Supervisor for the South Shore Regional Emergency Communication Center
(SSRECC). The interview took place at the Hingham, MA Town Hall in the East hearing
room. The purpose of the interview was to determine what information Mr. Gordon had
concerning Hingham Police Department incident number 20- 28394 that occurred on
Friday, June 5, 2020 at approximately 6:30 PM. This interview was recorded with the

permission of Mr. Gordon.

Mr. Gordon has been an employee of SSRECC since its inception in 2012. The
SSRECC is located on the second floor of the Hingham Police Department. Mr. Gordon
said that the SSRECC is the regional emergency communications center for four towns
on the South Shore. He identified them as Hingham, Hull, Norvvell and Cohasset. Mr.
Gordon stated that prior to working at the SSRECC, he was employed by the Town of
Hingham as a dispatcher for the Hingham Police and Fire Departments beginning in

1995.

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Mr. Gordon said that he currently works an administrative schedule Monday through
Friday. He said he works the day shift Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday and on
Thursday and Friday he works a 4 PM to 12 AM shift. Mr. Gordon said that he typically
is responsible for supervising 4 to 5 dispatchers during his shift.

Mr. Gordon said that he was working as an administrative supervisor on June 5, 2020
and was familiar with the incident (20-28394) that was called into the SSRECC by a
Hingham Police officer operating cruiser 913 at approximately 6:30 PM.

Investigators then played a copy of the tape-recorded radio communication from Cruiser
913 on June 5, 2020 that was provided by the Town of Hingham for Mr. Gordon.

Mr. Gordon identified the police officer making the transmission as one of the LoBianco
brothers whom he stated are both current Hingham Police officers.

Mr. Gordon identified the dispatcher that is communicating with the cruiser 913
Dispatcher Joseph Delvecchio.

Mr. Gordon stated that he did not hear the original radio transmission when it occurred.
He stated at some point shortly after the original transmission, he was made aware of
the person that was involved in the incident with Of?cer LoBianco. He further stated 
believe it was one of the current selectpersons_.? 9) He could not however
recall who informed him that it was a selectman's-.

Mr. Gordon was asked what in his opinion was Officer LoBianco asking the SSRECC
Dispatcher Delvecchio to do concerning this incident. He said, ?He?s asking for a simple
log entry to make the Hingham Police Department aware that the incident occurred, and
it's just a log note and the CAD (Computer Aided Dispatch) entry is then put in. It?s
stamped with the officer?s request and the notes that he said during the radio
transmission and then put in the call.? (pp. 10-11)

Mr. Gordon stated that the CAD numbers are assigned in sequential order and they are
generated by the dispatcher on the computer screen. He said, ?With our system it?s
designed live so it?s designed to be entered as the call happens versus writing it down
completely and then putting it in. We put the call in as the call is happening live.? 10)

Mr. Gordon said "Once I found out who the party was that was involved, I made a phone
call to the of?cer in charge down at the Hingham desk.? 9)

Mr. Gordon was then provided with an audio of the recorded call that was made June 5,
2020 at 6:42 PM from the SSRECC that is labeled Zetron H. Mr. Gordon identified that
that label indicates his desk phone and he stated that all the lines in the SSRECC are

recorded.

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Mr. Gordon identified himself as the caller that was recorded on the line and he stated
?l?m speaking to Lieutenant Sean Cavanaugh, the shift OIC for the Hingham Police
Department that day.? 13) Mr. Gordon stated that he called Lieutenant Cavanaugh at
his desk downstairs in the Hingham Police Department.

He stated that when he refers to the 901 in the telephone call that ?901 is the
designation for the Hingham Police Chief.? 13)

During the conversation with Lieutenant Cavanaugh, Mr. Gordon said, ?So we have a
call on the system that we?re not gonna do anything with it just wanted you to know it
was there. And I guess he may want to delete it so I just I don?t know what?s going on he
just talked to one of the dispatchers told him the same thing he probably just told you, a
little less.? 14)

Mr. Gordon was asked whom he was referring to when he said he talked to one of the
dispatchers he said "the Chief". 15)

Mr. Gordon was asked if he knew how Chief Olsson spoke to the dispatcher. He said,
?Now hearing that, I?m not sure whether he called up and spoke to the dispatcher or if
he had come into the dispatch center and actually when he spoke to if he hadn?t
spoken to one of the dispatchers after that.? 15)

Mr. Gordon was asked if he recalled Chief Olsson coming in to the SSRECC. He said,
"He did come in and speak with me briefly yes." He further stated, don't remember the
exact timeline, if I spoke to the lieutenant first or if the Chief came in before I spoke to
Lieutenant, I don?t remember that.? 16)

Mr. Gordon was asked what Chief Olsson requested or talked about with him. He said 
believe when we spoke, i asked him ?what do you want to do with this?? And I believe he
said ?we are going going to do anything right now or we?re gonna hold off.? don?t
remember exact wordage but I think definitely did not say we were gonna delete
the item. I believe we were just gonna put it on pause and we were just going to hold off
for now.? 16)

Mr. Gordon was asked then why in the telephone conversation with Lieutenant
Cavanaugh he mentioned the word delete. He stated ?The word delete was a term that I
used it was not something that someone told me we were going to do and that was
de?nitely a word that I used. I brought that into the conversation. I was not told to bring
that into the conversation.? 17)

Mr. Gordon was asked if the CAD number was already generated for this call when the
Chief came in to see him. He said ?Yes the new CAD entry was made instantly when

that officer called in that radio transmission.? (p.17)

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Mr. Gordon was asked what if anything could be changed on this call. He said ?i think
the only thing that could have been really changed was if we had made some updates
to the CAD notes that would actually say who is involved and I don?t believe we did that

at all, I don?t know." 17)

Mr. Gordon said that he recalled having a brief conversation on June 5, 2020 in person
with the Chief at the SSRECC. He was asked why he believed he and the Chief were
having a conversation concerning this incident and he said, "We?re having this
conversation because it potentially involved a public official and was not aware of the
town?s protocol for the level of involvement of a town official or a potentially a town
of?cial. And I wasn?t sure how they wanted it worded, by no means were we ever going
to say that that incident did not happen. We would never delete anyone that was in the
CAD entry. ljust want to know how we wanted to word it. Because I know our log
entries hit the press. And I?m not sure of the town policy.? 18)

Mr. Gordon was asked if it was his concern or the Chiefs concern when the Chief came
in to speak with him. He said, "My concern of how the log was. I wanted to make sure it
was the way that the town would like it.? 19)

Mr. Gordon stated he could not recall the timeline of when he spoke to Chief Olsson.
Mr. Gordon said he did not recall if he called Chief Olsson or if the Chiefjust heard the
radio transmission and came into the SSRECC.

Mr. Gordon was asked if the Chief?s concern was how much information would go in
about a town official in the log. He said, believe it was how the information was put in
not that the information wasn?t to be put in it was just how we were going to word it and
maybe making sure that the involved parties were put into the correct area of the CAD
so that it wasn?t necessarily thrown out to the press with all the names involved.? 20)

Mr. Gordon explained that there are a couple of sections to each CAD entry. He said
there is a location of the incident, there?s the parties involved with the incident and then
there?s the CAD notes on the incident. 20)

Investigators then showed Mr. Gordon a copy of the administrative log for call number
20-28394 that was provided to investigators by the Town of Hingham as the log
information that is not released to the public.

Mr. Gordon reviewed the document and stated that the number 20- 28394 is the CAD
number assigned for the incident.

Mr. Gordon said that the name at the bottom of the document next to the narrative is
Joseph Delvecchio. Mr. Gordon stated that Joseph Delvecchio was the assigned
dispatcher that day for the Hingham and Norvvell Police Departments.

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Mr. Gordon was asked about the narrative that indicates modified by Joseph Delvecchio
on 06/05/2020 at 1903.

Mr. Gordon said, ?Modified by I?m not sure usually if the notes were modified would
have to look at a different log entry, to be totally sure with that but that may mean that
the notes were modified by him and that does happen from time to time whether or not
it?s words and how the word was spelled wrong and he went in
incorrectly spelled something whether he phrased it differently and wanted to rephrase it
so that it sounded good. We know that this is posted online and to the press. So, we try
to make sure that the spelling is correct the you know the narrative flow the way

they?re supposed to.? 23)

Mr. Gordon was asked who has the ability to change a log entry. He said the dispatcher
can make the change and he believes a supervisor could make a change. He further
said, ?but that would be time stamped and their name would be there as well?. 23)
Mr. Gordon stated that if someone went in and just read the log, there would not be a
time stamp on who or when it was read only.

Mr. Gordon was also shown a document that was provided to investigators by the Town
of Hingham. He identified this as the more public log that contains less personal
information and that is something that is generated by each town concerning their own
town speci?c incidents.

Mr. Gordon stated that he believes he was in the room when Dispatcher Delvecchio ?rst
started to put information into the CAD system at 1838 hours. He further stated, "If he
changed this do not know if he added, deleted anything. I can?t tell on this. I don?t know
whether he ?xed spelling errors, if he added a couple of words or two or a couple of
words or took out a couple of words. I cannot tell that.? 29)

Mr. Gordon was asked if he had any follow up conversations with either Chief Olsson or
Lieutenant Cavanaugh regarding the incident 20-28394 and how it was rectified.

He said, "i consider myself; they have been noti?ed, they are going to take care of
whatever they need to take care of. They are either gonna you know leave things
the way they are or reword things whatever you know you have to do. It?s not something
that occurs frequently at all, like I said my mindset on this particular call was and would
do this for any public official, anybody of importance, I would want to make sure that the
narrative is written the way it should be you know, not deleted but that it makes sense
and the proper information is there. But I will in this narrative section is where I
would make sure the names of parties that should be up in the section, the party
section, are where they need to be. Because I know with the press log, you?ll see that
none of this information the parties involved, are in that. It?s just narrative so I like to
make sure that the parties involved are not in the narrative they're in where they're

supposed to be.? 31)

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Mr. Gordon stated that it?s his recollection that the Chief was not upset when he came
into the SSRECC. He also said that Chief Olsson did not say ?we are deleting this, that
was a word I brought to the table only.? 33)

Mr. Gordon stated that it is his understanding that once a CAD number entry is
registered the incident cannot be deleted.

Mr. Gordon stated he did not hear anything more about this incident until sometime later
on social media around the time there were issues with the blue lives matter flag in the

Town of Hingham.

Mr. Gordon stated that no one from the public has asked him for information concerning
incident 20?28394. He also said he does not know of anyone that has provided
information concerning incident number 20-28394 to a member of the public.

Mr. Gordon further stated that neither Chief Olsson nor Lieutenant Cavanaugh or
anyone else from the Hingham Police Department has asked him for information
concerning this incident.

Mr. Gordon stated that he never learned what information was changed concerning this
incident number. He said that in looking at the document now after hearing what the
officer called in it appears that the description of the sign being Black Lives Matter is not
contained in the narrative.

Investigators then played a tape-recorded conversation between Chief Glenn Olsson
and Dispatcher Joseph Delvecchio that was recorded on June 5, 2020 at 1838 hours
and provided by the Town of Hingham.

Mr. Gordon stated that in reviewing the times and listening to the call it appears that
Joseph Delvecchio entered the incident into the CAD system as soon as he received
the radio transmission.

Mr. Gordon stated in listening to that call he believes that Chief Olsson is ?doing two
things, he wants to make sure that the person that he thinks it is it is. And he wants to
make sure that it?s a legitimate call. At the end of the conversation he said he wants to
make sure this is legitimate if it needs to be in there, it needs to be in there. The
dispatcher said to him ?Do you want me to take the information out;? the log entry would
stay in there but some of the information that was in it maybe could?ve been taken out.?
(p.51) Mr. Gordon said that some of the involved parties? personal information could
have been taken out if Chief Olsson said take it all out. He further said ?But he (Chief
Olsson) didn?t. He said leave it in for now he wanted to make sure this was a legitimate
callneeded to be in there, it needed to be in there.? 52)

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Ms. Laurie Croke and Mr. Aaron Smith September 25, 2020

On September 25, 2020, at approximately 9:43 AM, investigators from Matthews 
Matthews, LLC conducted an interview of Ms. Laurie Croke at the Hingham Town Hall
conference room. Ms. Croke is the Executive Director of the South Shore Regional
Emergency Communications Center. Accompanying Ms. Croke was Mr. Aaron Smith,
who is the Assistant Executive Director, South Shore Regional Emergency
Communications Center. This interview was conducted in furtherance of the Town of
Hingham investigation regarding an incident 20-28394 at the Derby Street Shopping
Plaza in Hingham, MA on June 5, 2020. The interview of Ms. Croke and Mr. Smith was
audio recorded with their permission.

Ms. Croke stated that she has been employed by the South Shore Regional Emergency
Communications Center (SSRECC) since its inception in 2012. She stated that she was
hired as a Floor Supervisor, overseeing the work of the dispatchers. She was elevated
to the position of Executive Director and oversees the twenty-four employees at the
center. Ms. Croke said that the SSRECC is located in the Hingham Town Hall, 210
Central St. Hingham, MA.

Mr. Smith stated that he also began working for the SS RECC in 2012. Ms. Croke
explained that both she and Mr. Smith are not direct employees of the Town of
Hingham, but rather employed by a joint compact of the towns of Hingham, Hull,
Cohasset, and Norwell, MA. Ms. Croke added that the dispatch center oversees all calls
for service involving police, fire, and EMS requests and coordinates all direct
communication with first responders in the field.

Ms. Croke stated that outside of the radio communication system, there are five
recorded telephone lines into the center for emergency calls for service from the public,
and each of the four participating towns have two lines located at their police or ?re
station for direct access to the dispatch center.

Ms. Croke was advised that the incident under investigation occurred on June 5, 2020
at the Derby Street Shops. She stated that she was aware of the incident under review
and had taken the opportunity to review some records and listen to some calls prior to
the interview. Matthews Matthews? investigators showed Ms. Croke a document
entitled the Hingham Police Dispatch Log which is dated June 5, 2020.

Ms. Croke stated that the record on the log re?ects that the incident number was 20-
28394. She added that this is a Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) number that was

generated by the dispatch system. Ms. Croke stated the record presented to her
reflects Dispatcher Joseph Delvecchio?s name and the time of the creation was 1838

hours.

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Ms. Croke explained that once a dispatcher creates a narrative for a particular call and
hits to save the entry, the system captures the date and time of entry.

Ms. Croke stated that the particular Hingham Police log entry in question was "modified"
by Dispatcher Delvecchio at 1903 hours. Ms. Croke stated that the IMC system
captures the last modification to each entry with an updated date and time.

Ms. Croke was asked if she is aware of what modi?cations Dispatcher Delvecchio made
to the log entry at 1903 hours on June 5, 2020. She stated, do not know what was
changed.? 14) Mr. Smith was similarly asked if he was aware what Dispatcher
Delvecchio changed in the log?s narrative. He replied, do not know what was
changed.? Ms. Croke clarified the point by explaining that any re-opening of a log entry,
regardless if for a spelling check or to add or delete content would result in a
modi?cation of the log?s date and time. She added, "When I read the logs, ifl go into a
call -- like, this morning, if I went into a call to see what it said or to look at who, you
know, who was involved, it says that I modified it I didn?t. ljust went in and read

it." 15)

Ms. Croke stated the system can handle several calls at the same time and generate
individual numbers. She said that some calls may be very requiring multiple
page entries by the dispatchers.

investigators played several calls for Ms. Croke and Mr. Smith regarding the incident on
June 5, 2020. The first audio recording was identi?ed as the original radio call from the
of?cer on scene at the Derby Street Plaza. In this call, the officer contacts SSRECC
Dispatcher Delvecchio stating, ?Just make a log entry (inaudible) 
-, suspicious activity (inaudible) operator is potentially?

.. Vehicle?s following me around with a Black Lives Matter sign. Seems to have joined
up with another group of vehicles. Nothing?s showing at this time. Just make a log

entry.? 20)

Ms. Croke stated that she heard a second audio call in which she identi?ed the person
calling into the SSRECC as Hingham Chief of Police Glenn Olsson. She said this
second call was answered by Dispatcher Allison Graham and that the call was
transferred over to Dispatcher Delvecchio. The audio recording reveals that Chief
Olsson asks, ?Who is dealing with that call that called about Mary Powers?" The
dispatcher advises the Chief that it was Dispatcher Delvecchio and the Chief requests
to speak with Dispatcher Delvecchio. Once on the line, Chief Olsson states, ?Can you
give me the name of Mary Power?there, the address and everything, (inaudible) it
could be the selectman.? 23)

On the recording, Chief Olsson states, ?We may not want the info in there if it?s the
selectman.? 24) Dispatcher Delvecchio advises Chief Olsson about the vehicle that
was queried and that it was listed to a with an address on 
-. Chief Olsson con?rms that the name and address are_ the selectman.

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Dispatcher Delvecchio also confirms the vehicle involved and provides the
Massachusetts registration of to Chief Olsson. Chief Olsson states, "Yeah, can
you not put that in therewho?s the cruiser?" Dispatcher Delvecchio
responds, ?uh, it's 1-3 and he?s not actually on my board. it's, uh, LoBianco.? Chief
Olsson states, ?Yeah, okay.? Dispatcher Delvecchio asks the Chief, "So, do you want
me -- ?cause I?ve already I haven?t logged it yet but I?ve got all the information in the
call. Do you want me to just delete everything out of it?? Chief Olsson replies, ?Just don't
do anything till I get right back to you, If it's something legitimate." 25)

Ms. Croke was asked about the policy and procedures that are followed by the
dispatchers at the SSRECC. She stated the policies were developed jointly by all four
towns involved and every call or transmission is standardized for each department. Ms.
Croke explained that certain information is required to go into the log for each call, but
the discretion as to content and specifics remains with the dispatcher.

Ms. Croke advised that the officers on the street also have the ability to run motor
vehicle registrations and license data on the mobile data terminal within the cruiser. She
added that many officers request the dispatchers to make these queries so the officer
on scene can deal with other things.

Ms. Croke and Mr. Smith both agreed that in this particular matter, it appears that
Dispatcher Delvecchio ran the motor vehicle registration for Of?ce LoBianco and
populated the info into the MC CAD system.

Ms. Croke was asked if there is a policy that governs what a dispatcher can take out of
a narrative once a call log has been made. She stated, don?t think that there?s
anything in writing. Um, if -- if any time an officer, a chief, somebody calls up to talk to a
dispatcher to say, you know, something?s not right here, that sh? should really -- mean,
Joe really should have given that call to the supervisor.? 37)

Ms. Croke added that when it comes to removing a call entirely from the system, she
does not believe that the dispatchers or the supervisors have the ability in the system to
do so. She also explained that certain members of each police department have
administrative rights to review call content, listen to audio recordings and review report

data.

Ms. Croke stated that when Dispatcher Delvecchio entered the license plate on the
vehicle involved at the Derby Street incident, he also entered a brief narrative as
directed by Of?cer LoBianco.

Ms. Croke was asked, ?In your opinion, if Delvecchio neglected the Black Lives Matter portion of the sign, if he had modified that by taking out or was
instructed by Gordon or somebody else -- to take that out, would that be appropriate??
Ms. Croke replied, ?Um, I -- that -- that -- that?s a tough call. I mean, if a Chief calls up

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and asks you to do something, typically you do it unless it?s something that is so
egregious that, you know, somebody?s going to get hurt, um, and they?re telling you to
do something to break the law, that type of thing. Joe should?ve passed that off to the
supervisor.? 51)

Ms. Croke added, ?I?m sure he talked to the supervisor after he got the call from -- he
hung up -- because that?s why the supervisor called (inaudible) to the lieutenant.? 51)
Investigators played an additional audio recording for both Ms. Croke and Mr. Smith.
This recording involves Dispatch Supervisor John Gordon calling Lt. Cavanaugh at the
Hingham Police station to discuss Chief Olsson?s call to the SSRECC. Dispatch
Supervisor Gordon states, "So, we have a call in the system for that. We?re not going to
do anything with it. ljust wanted you to know it was there and guess he may want to
delete it. Um, so, ljust -- I don't know what?s going on. He just talked to one of the
dispatchers and told him -- was the same info he just told you or a little 

Lt. Cavanaugh responded, ?He certainly can (inaudible) do that. I am not telling you to
do that at all. That?s - it?s not my thing. (laughs).

Dispatch Supervisor Gordon adds, "80, ljust wanted you to be aware that the call is in
this system and that we?re not acting on it - so you?re not, like, how come we?re not
dealing with this?? Lt. Cavanaugh says, "yeah, okay.? (pp. 53-54)

Ms. Croke stated that she understood the context of the telephone call between
Lieutenant Cavanaugh and Dispatch Supervisor Gordon. She said the issue was that
the original call would remain open in the CAD system and would remain that way until
it was closed out. She stated that the particular issue with the original call was the fact
that Office LoBianco was not working a regular shift and assigned to a patrol area at the
time. This caused a different formatting issue when it came to closing out the call. She
added that this often happens when an officer is working a paid detail and gets involved
in an incident.

Investigators requested that Ms. Croke provide a copy of the current for the
dispatchers and supervisors if one is available.

In closing, Ms. Croke was asked if a dispatcher or supervisor made the decision to
change the narrative and content of a call, thereby creating a modi?cation record, would
that be a violation of anything? Ms. Croke replied, ?no, not if it was coming from
somebody with higher authority, no.? 62) She added that if they made the decision
on their own, then there would be an issue.

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Ms. Mary Power, Chairman, Hinqham Board of Selectmen September 30, 2020

On September 30, 2020 at approximately 12:09 PM investigators from Matthews 
Matthews, LLC conducted an interview of Mary Power, Chairperson of the Board of
Selectmen in the Town of Hingham, MA. Ms. Power was told the purpose of the
interview was related to an investigation of police incident number 20-28394 and any
involvement or knowledge she had concerning this incident. The interview was recorded
with the permission of Ms. Power and she was accompanied by Attorney Kate Cook.
Ms. Power stated she is a member of the Town of Hingham Board of Selectmen and
she is currently the Chairperson. Ms. Power stated she did not hear the call involving
the Town of Hingham Police incident number 20-28384. Investigators told Ms. Power
the incident on June 5, 2020 involved a police officer making a report regarding a
vehicle which was registered to her and the incident was at the Derby Street Shops.
When asked, Ms. Power stated she first heard about this incident on Sunday evening,
July 26, 2020. Ms. Power stated that in the preceding week the Town of Hingham had
issued an order to have a flag removed from a fire truck which created a lot of
commotion in the town. She stated she had spoken to Town Administrator Tom Mayo
about the possibility of them attending roll calls to assure the Police Department of their

support.

Ms. Power stated on Sunday evening July 26, 2020 she received a call from a former
member of the Board of Selectmen, Paul Healey. Ms. Power stated Mr. Healey called
her to say that he heard she and Mr. Mayo might be going to roll calls. She stated Mr.
Healey also told her he had heard some rumors in the past and wanted to give her a
?heads up,? 4) if something came up during one of the roll call visits. She stated Mr.
Healey told her there had been chatter around the Department about something at the
Derby Street Shops, and it involved_ and Police Chief Glenn Olsson.
When asked if she had a conversation about the incident with Chief Olsson in June
2020 Ms. Power stated and she was not aware of the call then. 4) Ms. Power
stated her first conversation after learning this from Mr. Healey on July 26, 2020 was
with She stated she told- what Mr. Healey had said and-
- replied that he thought he knew what Mr. Healey might be talking about. Ms. Power
stated said that he was at the Derby Street Shops waiting for- orders
which was his job at the time. Ms. Power stated - told her he was parked in the
parking lot which was nearly empty because that was a time when everything was
closed. She stated - told her a police vehicle parked about thirty feet away from
his vehicle and the officer began observing him with binoculars. Ms. Power stated -
I told her he had a ?black lives matter? sign in the vehicle and he displayed it in the
windshield and then received a call for an order so he removed the sign and went to
pick up the order.

Ms. Power stated the next morning (July 27, 2020) she called Chief Olsson and told him

about the information she received from Mr. Healey and that she had spoken to -.
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according to - he never spoke with or had any interaction with the police officer.
Ms. Power stated she told Chief Olsson she was interested in knowing what happened
but also told him if he was uncomfortable talking about this she would understand.

Ms. Power stated Chief Olsson told her that on June 5, 2020 there was concern by the
Police Department that there could be potential violence at shopping centers based on
events that had occurred in neighboring communities. She stated Chief Olsson told her
that a police officer at the Derby Street Shops was there to ?keep an on things.? 
7) Ms. Power stated Chief Olsson told her he was sitting at his desk and he could hear
the report from the police officer over the scanner and he heard her name and 
name. She stated Chief Olsson told her picked up the phone to call
somebody, to say, ?This isn?t what you think it is.? And he told me that he had a phone
conversation and that, subsequent to that, he -- and I?m not sure if it was the same call
or a different call he asked for the name of the dispatch operator who received the call
and told me that he walked over to the dispatch center to speak with that person.? 8)
Ms. Power stated the Chief said he did not want people to react to something other than
what the situation was. Ms. Power stated at the beginning of the conversation Chief
Olsson told her he did not say anything to her about the incident because he thought if it
was something wanted to tell her he would have. She stated her interaction
with the Chief basically ended with her thanking him for the information.

Ms. Power stated later in the day on July 27, 2020 after speaking with Chief Olsson, the
Board of Selectman were copied on a public records request that went to the Police
Department and the request referenced a log number. Ms. Power stated she believes
on the morning of July 28, 2020 she called Chief Olsson and asked him if the reference
number was related to the incident at the Derby Street Shops involving - and he
said ?yes.? (p.10)

Ms. Power stated she had copies of all the emails sent to the Board of Selectmen. Ms.
Power acknowledged the emails were from to the Town of Hingham.
She stated the ?rst email she received from referencing the June 5, 2020
incident was received on July 27, 2020 regarding Hingham Police incident number ?20-
28394.? (p.13)

Ms. Power stated ?This was the first I was seeing that it was June 5th. But as I looked at
the items in this records request, it corresponded to Chief Olsson?s description to me of
the events that took place within the Police Department that evening. Ms. Power
produced a copy of the public information request to the Hingham Police Department
received on July 27, 2020.

When asked, Ms. Power stated at no time did she ask Chief Olsson or anyone in the

town to intercede to make the call involving - go away and essentially have it
removed from the record. When asked, Ms. Power stated she never asked anyone to

omit anything from the incident log concerning this matter.

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Ms. Power stated Chief Olsson had essentially told her it was a nonevent and not
anything that rose to the level where it required any engagement by the police or a
police report. Ms. Power stated she believes on the morning of Wednesday July 29,
2020 she received a call from Chief Olsson who told her he had a copy Derby Street and he provided her with a copy of the printout. (p.17)
Ms. Power produced a copy for Investigators to review and Investigators identi?ed it as
a document reflecting it was from the South Shore Regional Emergency
Communications Center printed 7/27/2020, for date 6/5/2020, Friday with a call number
of 20-28394 and a time of 18:38. The document included a caption of "Suspicious
activity,? with the name of Joseph Delvecchio and a narrative and also indicated it was
modified at the bottom. Ms. Power stated Chief Olsson gave her this document, but she
did not remember looking at it carefully. (p.18) When asked, Ms. Power stated she
observed the document noted it was modified at 19:03 but she has no idea what was

modified in the document.

When asked, Ms. Power stated she observed that the listed officer was Chris LoBianco.
She stated she was on the Board of Selectmen panel that interviewed and hired Of?cer
LoBianco. When asked, Ms. Power stated she never had a conversation with Of?cer
LoBianco regarding this incident involving When asked, Ms. Power stated she
never asked Chief Olsson or Officer LoBianco either directly or indirectly to modify or
change anything that happened within the log document regarding this incident, nor is
she aware of anyone making such a request. 20)

Ms. Power stated found it a little bit odd that_, on the 27th, had knowledge
that this was modi?ed. Because if you go to the website in the Hingham Police
Department and you look at the log, you see this reference number and you see this
description but nothing else. Uh, my greatest concern at that point was, looking at this
document and looking at all of the personal information it contained and looking at the
speci?city of - records request -- my concern was -- was whether was
whether, uh, this document - wh- whether this information had gotten any
inappropriate visibility or had been shared in any way, in a manner that is inconsistent
with the operating procedures of the Hingham Police Department. That was my
concern, as a Police Commissioner and as a citizen of the Town of Hingham.? 22)
When asked, Ms. Power stated all Board of Selectmen members are Police

Commissioners.

When asked, Ms. Power stated she did not know anyone who disseminated public
information without authorization. When asked, Ms. Power stated Chief Olsson also
provided her with another record of an incident on July 27, 2020 involving suspicious
activity at the Derby Street Shops which was an unrelated incident. Investigators
identified this record as incident number 20-28421, at 20:34 on June 5, 2020 and it was
printed on July 27, 2020. This record involved Officer LoBianco reporting a party was
trying to find a place to take a nap and it was cleared. 26) Ms. Power also produced
some handwritten notes Chief Olsson provided to her. When asked, Ms. Power stated

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she guesses Chief Olsson provided this other incident on June 5, 2020 to show there
was other activity down there and it was not just focused on her vehicle. 28)

When asked, Ms. Power stated she never threatened Chief Olsson or anyone else
concerning their employment over what happened to -. When asked, Ms. Power
stated she never had a conversation with any other members of the Board of Selectmen
to impact anyone's employment over this issue. She noted Mr. Mayo had informed her
they would have to recuse her on dealing with the records request since she was
personally involved with the incident.

Ms. Power was asked if it was her understanding she could be provided with the log
entry she received from Chief Olsson and she replied, ?When I called the chief on
Tuesday the i said, you know, see this records request.? And I said, ?Am I
entitled you know, ?am I entitled to see this stuff?? And, uh, I will tell you, you know,
This is my sixth year as a member 0' the Board 0? Selectmen. Uh, in the ?ve preceding
years, I served on the Advisory Committee, three of which in a leadership role. When I
have engaged with department heads, Chief Olsson or any department head, in asking
for information or asking, it is my practice to precede that with, ?If in any way this is an
inappropriate ask of me, - welcome you to tell me that and you know, ?and I accept
that.? And, I think my reputation on that matter speaks for itself. And i? if Chief Olsson
had said, it?s not -- I can?t give this to you,? i wouldn?t pushed it. That?s not who I
am.? (p.32)

When asked, Ms. Power stated she did not do anything to impact Chief Olsson?s
decision to retire and she was not part of any discussions between Chief Olsson and
Town Of?cials concerning his retirement. She stated on Wednesday, July 29, 2020, Mr.
Mayo informed her there was a conversation taking place with the ?town? and Chief
Olsson, but she was not provided any further details. Ms. Power stated on August 2,
2020 at 9:45 PM she received a call from Mr. Mayo who told her Chief Olsson would be
submitting his retirement letter the following day on August, 3, 2020 and it would take
effect on this day. She stated she had no involvement in any of the decision making
leading to Chief Olsson?s retirement. 37) Ms. Power stated ?i want to say for the
record that, in my conversations with Chief Olsson on the 27th and the 28th and the
29th, never once did I bring up nor did he bring up any questions with respect to his
employment, his tenure, his retirement within the Town of Hingham." 38)

Ms. Power stated Chief Olsson told her he made the call to dispatch with the intent of
ensuring the incident was described for what it was. She stated Chief Olsson told her
when he heard the call over the scanner, he made a phone call to someone and she

believes it was a member of the Hingham Police Department, but he never said who it

was.

Ms. Power stated after showing - what was written he told her he was not
following anybody, and his vehicle was stationary. Ms. Power stated that there have
been subsequent allegations made by_ that- had been verbally

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harassing police officers and yelling Obscenities and getting in the way of doing their
job. (pp. 39-40)

Ms. Power produced a document and stated in his letter to, uh, Attorney
General Maura Healey, says, Well, I?ll I?ll show you. You can read-
- concerns. And he is al-? he is alleging in that and it?s it?s different -- that he
says extremely reliable source in the town -- police super?." 42) Investigators
reviewed the document and stated for the record that the document was by a citizen to
the Attorney General, which read: "As told to me by an extremely reliable source in the
town government, Power contacted Olsson regarding the inci-- Olsson spoke with a
police supersis-- uh, supervisor about the incident on a recorded line and ordered that
no report be written.? 42) Ms. Power stated she is not aware of any member of the
Hingham Police Department that made any allegations regarding this incident.

September 30, 2020

On September 30, 2020 at approximately 1:15 PM, investigators from Matthews 
Matthews, LLC conducted an interview of_, who is currently a 

. was told the purpose of the interview was related to an
investigation of police incident number 20-28394 and any involvement or knowledge he
had concerning this incident. The interview was recorded with the permission of.

- and he was accompanied by Attorney -.

 

stated he was at the Derby Street Shops in Hingham, MA operating a vehicle
on June 5, 2020 at approximately 6:30 PM. He stated he was driving a 2005 black
Chevrolet Tahoe and at the time he was working as a part-time employee for a food

delivery service by the name of - which is the equivalent of- or
stated the vehicle he was operating is registered to 
Mary Power. - stated, ?What I was essentially doing was waiting for the -- the
app to send me a new order so I pulled into a parking space basically to -- just to wait
around till it happened.? 2) He stated Friday and Saturday are always busy with
people in the area ordering food from some of the restaurants at the Derby Street
Shops. - stated approximately fifteen to twenty minutes after his arrival at the
Derby Street Shops, he received an order to pick up food at the Chipotle restaurant
which is located at the Derby Street Shops. stated he drove into the
shopping parking lot and went by the Panera restaurant and then drove and parked in
front of the REI store. stated the parking lot was ?pretty empty.?

stated approximately five to ten minutes after he parked, a Hingham Police
cruiser which was a Ford Explorer, or Interceptor drove by and parked about thirty feet
away from him. stated ?not really? when asked if he drove around for a
while before he parked his vehicle. stated ?i could at least see through his
like windshield. His driver?s side window. So, I could actually see a visual of the officer
himself.? (p.10)

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was asked to explain what happened next and he replied mean after he
pulled in I kind ofjust kept sitting there. I was just on my phone minding my own
business. Uh, like five or so minutes later I looked up and I noticed that he was like just
staring at me with a pair of binoculars.? further stated thought it was
just kind of strange and didn?t think much of it but he continued to do it for a few more
minutes. Uh, and eventually I?m -- I?m sure this has been mentionedvehicle. Went around to the trunk. Like of- car. I didn?t walk around or
anything like that. Uh, pulled out a black lives matter sign and then put it in the
windshield so he basically couldn?t see into. car. I just thought it was kind of strange
that was getting observed that closely I guess." (p.12) When asked, stated
?There was no point where we got close enough to have any verbal interaction and that
didn?t occur in any manner.? stated two or three minutes after he put
the sign in his windshield, he could see through a crack that the officer was still staring
at him so he jokingly or in a friendly manner waved at the officer and the officer waved
back in a friendly manner. when he received the call to pick up the
food at the Chipotle restaurant the cruiser did not move.

When asked, stated the sign in his windshield was four or five feet wide and
a foot and a half tall. He stated the writing on the sign was ?computer black ink? and
read ?black lives matter? and there was also a logo of a hand or fist on the sign. I
- stated he put this sign in. window to prevent the officer from staring at him.
He stated he had the sign in. vehicle because the next day he was going to a protest
in Hingham regarding the black lives matter movement.

stated he did not talk to anyone about this incident until approximately one
month later when told him there were rumors about the event within the
police department. He stated he later learned someone had submitted a freedom of
information request for the logbook and some of the other documentation about this
incident. stated - provided him with a document about the incident
and he learned the officer?s name is LoBianco. stated he knows the logbook
indicated he was following an officer waving a sign. He stated people have been saying
that he was shouting Obscenities which did not happen. When asked, stated
he does not believe he was driving behind the officer. stated when he
received the food order, he drove approximately a quarter mile in the same plaza, and
he did not notice the officer doing anything else.

was asked if he was aware that the record of this incident was changed. -
- stated- initially told him about this and she showed him the report. He
stated said there may have been something in the report that was modified.
stated there was a narrative with a name and underneath it showed it was
modi?ed by someone else and there are two different time stamps. Investigators
showed_ a copy of the log entry regarding this incident and upon review-

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stated ?Yeah, that looks correct. With the -- the narrative at 18:38 and then
modified on 19:03." 23)

stated on the date of this incident he did not meet with any other vehicles or
persons. He stated when picking up food at the Chipotle restaurant you are not allowed
to go inside, and people have to wait in a line outside. He stated was standing in a
line. I guess the only person I interacted with was the worker at Chipotle at a guess." 
24) He stated this interaction with the Chipotle worker occurred outside while he was
waiting in a line with other people.

lnvestiqative Findinqs and Conclusions

As a result of the administrative investigation conducted by Matthews Matthews, LLC
concerning the actions of members of the Hingham Police Department and Town of
Hingham of?cials regarding Incident 20-28394, the following investigative findings are
submitted for your consideration:

0 Officer Christopher LoBianco was working a special detail assignment at the
Derby Street Shops on June 5, 2020 from 4 PM to 12 midnight.

. The mission of the Hingham Police for the Derby Street Shops special detail was
to provide public safety with additional dedicated patrols to the shopping plaza
and to note vehicles and activity that could potentially be involved in damage to
the businesses and property at the Derby Street Shops.

. The Hingham Police Department and Chief Olsson received intelligence
information from other law enforcement agencies that people from a possible
Antifa like group might be parking their vehicles in remote areas and remote
shopping malls and protesting in the Boston area and then when returning to
their vehicles possibly cause damage in the areas where they originally parked.

. On June 5, 2020 at approximately 1837 hours, Of?cer Christopher LoBianco
made note of a vehicle that was driving in the Derby Street Shops parking area.
The vehicle was operated by and the vehicle was registered to 

-, Mary Power.

. Mary Power is currently Chair of the Board of Selectmen in the Town of
Hingham.

At some point, the vehicle was operating was parked in the Derby
Street Shops parking lot and facing the Hingham Police cruiser operated by
Officer Christopher LoBianco. The- vehicle and Of?cer LoBianco?s cruiser
were approximately 20-30 feet apart.

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Officer Christopher LoBianco utilized a pair of binoculars to better observe the

vehicle and the operator, 
and Officer Christopher LoBianco exchanged hand waves.

placed a sign with the words "Black Lives Matter? and a picture of a
fist and placed it against. windshield.

Officer Christopher LoBianco did not stop the vehicle that_ was
operating at any time on June 5, 2020.

There was no verbal exchange between Of?cer Christopher LoBianco and -
never spoke to each other verbally.

The visual encounter between Officer LoBianco and lasted
approximately 5 minutes.

then left the area where he was parked and drove to the area
within the Derby Street Shops where Chipotle is located.

Officer LoBianco remained where he was parked and did not make any further
observations of the vehicle operated by_ that evening.

Of?cer LoBianco made a radio transmission of his observations of the-
vehicle to the South Shore Regional Emergency Communications Center
(SSRECC) on June 5, 2020 at 1837 hours. The SSRECC is located on the top
?oor of the Hingham Police Station.

Dispatcher Joseph Delvecchio received the transmission from Of?cer LoBianco
at 1837 hours. Dispatcher Delvecchio generated a Computer Aided Dispatch
number (CAD #20-28394) at 1838 hours.

Of?cer LoBianco asked that the information he provided be documented as a log
entry for informational purposes only.

Of?cer LoBianco did not write a police report of the observations he made on
June 5, 2020 approximately 1837 hours at the Derby Street Shops.

Dispatcher Delvecchio created handwritten notes as he received the information
from Officer LoBianco in order to assist him in entering the information he
received into the computer system. Dispatcher Delvecchio did not save the
notes.

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Dispatcher Delvecchio made an inquiry of the criminal justice information system
CJIS to learn the information on the vehicle, owner and potential operator in
order to document the information as it was provided by Officer LoBianco
concerning call 20-28394.

Dispatcher Delvecchio transferred the information that he received from CJIS
and populated the information into the fields in the CAD system.

Dispatcher Delvecchio also created a narrative in the CAD system for call 20-
28394 to describe the circumstances of the transmission he received from Officer

LoBianco.

Of?cer LoBianco did not use the word ?harassed? in his radio transmission or
telephone conversation with Lieutenant Cavanaugh to describe the observations

he made of? at the Derby Street Shops on June 5, 2020.

In the original narrative that he entered for incident 20?28394 1838 hours,
Dispatcher Delvecchio included the words Black Lives Matter to describe the
sign, as was reported by Officer LoBianco in his radio transmission.

The CAD system narratives entered into the system are the Dispatcher?s
interpretation of events as relayed to them by the officers on the scene of an
incident.

Chief Glenn Olsson heard the radio transmission made by Cruiser 913 (Officer
LoBianco) to the SSRECC on his Hingham Police radio at approximately 1837
hours.

Chief Glenn Olsson called the SSRECC on a recorded line at 1838 hours from
his desk at the Hingham Police Department and had a conversation with
Dispatcher Delvecchio. Chief Olsson inquired about the identity of the parties
involved regarding incident 20-28394.

Chief Olsson learned in the conversation with Dispatcher Delvecchio that it was
Of?cer LoBianco who made the transmission and that the vehicle was registered
to Mary Power and the operator of the vehicle was potentially 

Chief Olsson told Dispatcher Delvecchio that he may not want the information
regarding in the CAD system.

Dispatcher Delvecchio asked Chief Olsson if he wanted him to delete anything
out of the personal information concerning - and Incident 20?28394.

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Chief Olsson told Dispatcher Delvecchio not to do anything with entering the
incident information until he got back to him.

Chief Olsson then called from his office phone to Lieutenant Sean Cavanaugh,
the of?cer in charge of the shift, on a recorded line at the Lieutenant?s desk
downstairs in the Hingham Police Department at 1840 hours.

Chief Olsson asked Lieutenant Cavanaugh to call the Officer involved (LoBianco)
to inquire about incident 20-28394.

Chief Olsson believed that the Of?cer in Cruiser 913 had actually stopped the
vehicle involved.

On June 5, 2020 at 1842 hours, Supervisor Jonathan Gordon called the desk of
Hingham Police Lieutenant Sean Cavanagh and had a conversation with
Lieutenant Cavanaugh concerning incident 20-28394.

Jonathan Gordon stated in his phone conversation with Lieutenant Cavanaugh at
1842 hours that they had an open call in the system and Chief Olsson may want
it deleted.

Jonathan Gordon stated in his interview with investigators that Chief Olsson
never said to him that he wanted the call deleted. Supervisor Gordon stated that
was a representation that he made in his conversation with Lieutenant
Cavanaugh.

Once a CAD number is assigned to an incident for a call that CAD number
cannot be deleted but can be modified. The CAD numbers for incidents are
assigned in sequential order.

The assigned CAD call number log can be modified and the time and
modi?cation are date and time stamped with the individual that modified the
document. The document does not show the original wording in the document.
The log document will reflect only the changes that were made once the
document is modified. The CAD system does not allow for retrieval of the original
wording in the document.

On June 5, 2020 at approximately 1843 hours, Lieutenant Sean Cavanaugh
called Officer LoBianco on his cell phone from a recorded line in the Hingham
Police Department. Lieutenant Cavanaugh and Officer LoBianco discussed the
observations and radio transmission regarding incident 20- 28394. Lieutenant
Cavanaugh told Officer LoBianco that he had no trouble with leaving everything
he observed in the log.

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Chief Olsson went over to the SSRECC on June 5, 2020 at approximately 1845
hours. The SSRECC is located across from his office in the Hingham Police
station. Chief Olsson had a conversation with Dispatcher Delvecchio and
Dispatcher Supervisor Gordon.

Chief Olsson inquired from Dispatcher Delvecchio what was written in the log
concerning incident 20-28394.

The original narrative for incident 20 -28394 contained the words Black Lives
Matter sign.

Chief Olsson told Dispatcher Delvecchio to change the original description of
party waving a Black Lives Matter sign to party waving a sign.

Chief Olsson believed that the use of the term Black Lives Matter in the brief
narrative of a suspicious activity log report was not warranted because he did not
want the public perception to be that the Hingham Police were pursuing people
for having a Black Lives Matter Sign.

The incident number 20-28394 was modified at 1903 hours to reflect the
requested change by Chief Olsson to the call. Dispatcher Joseph Delvecchio is
listed as the Dispatcher who modified the document.

Central Square Technologies is the parent company that provides Computer
Aided Dispatch capabilities and interoperability for the Hingham Police
Department and the SSRECC.

investigators learned from an inquiry made to Central Square Technologies that
when a CAD incident report is modi?ed in a short time period as is the
circumstance in this investigation (the modification was made within 25 minutes
of the original text 1838-1903 hours), the original text wording is not recoverable.

Chief Olsson did not ask Dispatcher Delvecchio or Supervisor John Gordon to
remove the personal information concerning Mary Power being the registered
owner of the vehicle or the personal information of? being the
operator of the vehicle from the police incident log.

The official Hingham Police log for incident 20-28394, which is described as
suspicious activity, contains all of the personal information, including home
addresses, for both Mary Power as the owner of the vehicle and as
the operator.

The log for incident 20- 28394 which is posted on the Hingham Police
Department website, does not contain any of the personal information of the

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parties involved in this incident, as is the practice for information released to the
public.

The internal nonpublic logs that are generated on the CAD system within the
SSRECC are available to be read and reviewed by members of the Hingham
Police and Fire Departments, dispatchers and civilian records clerks.

The public log for this incident contains the following information: incident number
20-28394, it is labeled as suspicious activity, the time of incident as 1838 hours,
Location Derby Street Shoppes and a Narrative that 913 was being followed by a
party waving a sign.

A review of Chief Olsson?s office phone records on June 5, 2020 from 1830 
2200 hours are consistent with the calls provided in this investigation by the
town.

A review of Chief Olsson's cell phone on June 5,2020 from 1830-2200 hours is
also consistent with the information that was learned in this investigation.

There were no text messages that were recovered from Chief Olsson?s cell
phone.

Selectman Mary Power did not learn of the incident involving her vehicle and.
that occurred on June 5,2020 until late in July 2020.

did not tell_ about anything that occurred on June 5,
2020 at the Derby Street Shops until late in July when she asked him about it.

Selectman Mary Power did not have any conversation with Chief Olsson
concerning the incident involving or incident 20-28394 until sometime
around July 27, 2020.

Selectman Mary Power learned that the town had received a public records
request for documents concerning incident number 20- 28394 from a citizen of
Hingham, Massachusetts on July 27, 2020.

Selectman Mary Power met with Chief Olsson on or about July 29, 2020 to
discuss the circumstances surrounding and her vehicle that were
observed by Officer LoBianco on June 5, 2020 and the public records request for
information concerning incident 20-28384.

Chief Olsson supplied Selectman Power with copies of the logs regarding
incident 20- 28394 as well as notes that he had produced regarding his
understanding and involvement with the incident.

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Selectman Mary Power did not ask Chief Olsson or anyone from the police
department or the SSRECC to directly or indirectly change any of the
circumstances, log entries, documents or description of events concerning
incident number 20-28394 that involved her vehicle or_ on June 5, 2020 at
approximately 1837 hours.

Selectman Mary Power did not threaten or in?uence Chief Olsson to make any
decisions regarding the changes that were made to the original incident 20-
28394.

Selectman Mary Power did not discuss or disseminate any information regarding
incident #20-28394 to any unauthorized persons.

Selectman Mary Power did not have any involvement in Chief Olsson's decision
to retire and she was not part of any discussions between Chief Olsson and town
of?cials concerning his retirement.

Chief Olsson made the decision to change the wording in the original incident
number of his own accord and without any undue influence by anyone inside or
outside of Hingham town government.

Chief Olsson had the authority to ask Dispatcher Delvecchio to edit some of the
wording in the narrative of 20-28394.

It is the conclusion of investigators from Matthews Matthews, LLC, based upon a
preponderance of the evidence standard in this investigation, that the actions of
members of the Hingham Police Department and Hingham Town Of?cials regarding
incident #20-28394 were within the limits of their authority. To date, investigators have
found no evidence that any members of the Hingham Police Department or Hingham
Town Officials released any confidential records or documents concerning Incident 20-
28394 to any persons not authorized to receive them. Further, it is the opinion of
Matthews Matthews that the actions of Hingham Police and Town Officials concerning
this incident would not warrant referral to another authority. However, we recognize that
decision would be made by the Town Administrator upon a review of our investigative
?ndings.

 

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Hingham Police Department Page: 10

Dispatch Log From: 06/05/2020 Thru: 06/05/2020 0000 - 2359 Printed: 06/08/2020
20-28386 1758 Phone - WELL BEING CHECK Services Rendered
Location/Address: 
Narrative:

CALLER REQ CHECK ON HER DAUGHTER AND GRANDDAUGHTER. HAS NOT
HEARD FROM THEM IN A COUPLE OF DAYS. CALLER IS FROM SOUTH
BOSTON. SAYS THE GRANDDAUGHTER WAS SICK, HAS ASTHMA. AS FAR
AS THE CALLER KNOWS. NO FLU LIKE DOES NOT BELIEVE
SHE WOULD BE IN ANY KIND OF DANGER. FEMALE DOES NOT KNOW THE
ADDRESS. IN HOUSE THE DAUGHTER COMES BACK TO THIS ADDRESS.

 

 

 

 

Narrative:
917 RPTS UNITS CLEAR. STATES THE DAUGHTER WILL CALL STATION
WHEN MOTHER RETURNS. ONGOING ISSUES WITH THE GRANDMOTHER
20-28390 1815 Initiated - STOP 5 Citation Issued
Location/Address: 17 WARD ST 300 HIGH ST
Narrative: 
CITATION
20-28391 1826 911 - 911 CALI. Referred to Other Agency
Location/Address: (BIN 011326] SOUTH SHORE REGIONAL EMERGENCY - 210 CENTRAL ST
Narrative:
911 TRANSFER TO wsynogrn.
20-28393 1834 Initiated - STOP Citation Issued
Location/Address: 26 OLD COUNTY RD
Narrative:

20-28394 1338 Radio - SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY Log Entry Only
Location/Address: 011137) DERBY STREET SHOPPES PROPERTY MGR - 100 DERBY ST
Narrative:
913 RPTS WAS BEING FOLLOWED BY A PARTY NAVING A SIGN
20-28395 1843 Initiated - STOP Citation Issued
Location/Address: HINGHAM LIGHT DEPARTMENT - OLD GARAGE - 308 CUSHING ST
Narrative:
CITATION ISSUED TO THE MALE OWNER.
20-28396 1851 911 - FIRE ALARM RESIDENTIAL Services Rendered
Location/Address: 42 SMITH RD
Narrative:
CALLER RPTS HER FIRE ALARMS WERE SOUNDING, WENT OFF 20 MINS
AGO AND JUST STARTED AGAIN. JUST SHUT OFF. NEG COVID
SCREENING. ADVISED T0 EVACUATE.
Narrative:
BAD BATTERY IN THE DETECTOR, CLEAR.
20-28398 1904 Phone - ERRATIC OPERATION Arrest(s) Made
Location/Address: 06807] NINETY NINE RESTAURANT PUB - 428 LINCOLN ST
Narrative:
FROM WEYMOUTH AN ERRATIC MOPED JUST COMING IN FROM BRIDGE ST
THEIR TOWN
Narrative:
PASSING STARS.
Narrative:

TURNED HEADING BACK TOWARDS SHIPYARD


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South Shore Regional Emergency Communications Center
Call Number Printed: 07/29/2020

 

 

Call Number Time Call Reason Action Priority Duplicate
20-28394 1838 Radio SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY Log Entry Only 1
Call Taker: DELVECCHIO, JOSEPH
Location/Address: 011137] DERBY STREET SHOPPES PROPERTY MGR 100 DERBY ST

Jurisdiction:
Fire District:
EMS Service Area:
Party Entered By:
Involved Party:

Vehicle Entered By:
Vehicle:
Operator:

Owner:

Inaurance Co:
Policy No:
Narrative:

Modified By:

HINGHAM

Hingham District 3

Hingham District 3

06/05/2020 1903 DELVECCHIO, JOSEPH

- HINGHAM, MA 02043?3954
DOB: Race: Sex: 

06/05 2020 1839 DELVECCHIO, JOSEPH

BLK 2005 CHEV UT Reg: PAN MA - VIN:

POWER, MARY 0 HINGHAM, MA 02043?3954

SSN: Race: Sex: OLN: MA

POWER, MARY 0 - HINGHAM, MA 02043-3954

SSN: Race: Sex: OLN: 

 
      

  
   
 
 
   
 

06/05/2020 1838 DELVECCHIO, JOSEPH
06/05/2020 1903 DELVECCHIO, JOSEPH

913 RPTS WAS BEING FOLLOWED BY A PARTY HAVING A SIGN

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Invoice Number Account Number

Date Due Page

9856105092 "Past Due 133 of268

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Start Date: 6/5/2020 End Date: 6/5/2020

Start Time: End Time: 

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WAN-VPN- User Activity
Date Time InIOut WG Secured, Time Stamp Action Dialed Calling Trunk Duration
06/05/2020 Out-Int Yes No-No?No? Originate 1487 2201 0:00: 18
06/05/2020 Out-Ext No No-No-No Originate 1483 2201 Town (23) 0:02:07
06/05/2020 Out-Int No No-No-No Originate 2225 2201 0:01 :32
Total 3 Call(s) 0:03:57 Total 0:01:19 Average
Grand Total 3Ca l(s) 0:03:57 Tota?i 0:01:19 Average

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Start Date: 6/5/2020

Start Time: 

End Date: 6/5/2020

End Time: 

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WAN-VPN- User Activity

Date Time lnIOut WG Secured Time Stamp Action Dialed Calling Trunk Duration
06/05/2020 ln-Ext No No-No-No PickUp 1781804i +1781383- Town (02) 0:00:01
06/05/2020 ln-Ext No No-No-No PickUp 1781804- +1781383- Town (02) 0:01:07
06l05/2020 Out-Ext No No-No-No Originate +1781383- 2225 Town (23) 0:00:21
06l05/2020 ln-Ext Yes No-No-No WGAgent 781-804- +1781740- Town (01) 0:01:37
06/05/2020 ln-lnt No No-No-No Called 2225 2201 0:01:32
06l05/2020 ln-Ext Yes No-No-No Transfer 781-804- +1781740? Town (01) 0:00:58
06/05/2020 Out-Ext No No-No-No Originate 7961 2225 Town (23) 0:01:28
06l05/2020 In-Ext Yes No-No-No WGAgent 781-804- +1781706_ Town (01) 0:01:56
06l05/2020 ln-Ext Yes No-No-No WGAgent 781-804- +1781740- Town (01) 0:00:42
06l05/2020 ln-Ext No No-No-No Called 1781804. +1617592- Town (01) 0:02:36
06/05/2020 ln-Ext Yes No-No-No WGAgent 781-804- +1781706- Town (01) 0:01:23
06l05/2020 ln-Ext No No-No-No Called 1781804- +1617592- Town (01) 0:01:13
06/05/2020 Out-Ext No No-No-No Originate 7952 2225 Town (23) 0:00:34
06l05/2020 ln-Ext No No-No-No Called 1781804? Blocked Town (01) 0:00:18
06l05/2020 ln-Ext No No-No-No Called 1781804- +1781760- Town (01) 0:03:40

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